Monday, November 7, 2011

Are carpools bad now?

From http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/11/07/MNAP1LQQM0.DTL&tsp=1 (the San Francisco Chronicle):

Toll changes on the Bay Bridge have cleared out carpool lanes and improved traffic speed when the bridge is most congested, a study by UC Berkeley transportation researchers has concluded.

According to the study, ordered by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission after it restructured and raised tolls at the Bay Bridge beginning in July 2010, charging a discounted carpool toll of $2.50 caused 4,365 vehicles to abandon the carpool lanes daily - a 26 percent decline.

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