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The fast track on 101 is such a scam. The old HOV lanes were free during off-peak hours. Fast track is 5 AM to 8 PM. You'll see a few miles of bumbper to bumper
by bubblethink 5y ago
The fast track on 101 is such a scam. The old HOV lanes were free during off-peak hours. Fast track is 5 AM to 8 PM. You'll see a few miles of bumbper to bumper traffic around Palo Alto while the fast track lanes are empty in the afternoon.
- Melatonic 5y agoYea this is a bit of a crapshoot. Weren't the old HOV lanes not THAT different though in hours? At least its not like Orange County where they have WHOLE FREEWAYS that are fastrack ONLY. All day, everyday, with no free lanes in sight.
- bubblethink 5y agoOld HOV lanes were 7 AM - 9 AM and 4 PM - 7 PM or something like that. So outside of those hours, everything was pretty load balanced, which makes sense. This move seems to be more about revenue maximization than reducing traffic. They haven't even completed the full stretch from SF to south bay, but once they do, it would cost about $10 to do that run. Add $5 in gas, and you are looking at $15 per trip, one-way. Tax dollars at work.
- thereisnospork 5y agoNothing like the government rent-seeking on existing under-provisioned infrastructure instead of doing their job (adequately provisioning infrastructure).
- pishpash 5y agoSeems like they should lower the congestion toll there. Easy problem to observe and solve.