Robert Poole on Fixing Traffic Congestion
Twenty years ago, high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes were virtually the only politically acceptable way to add freeway capacity. But as Robert W. Poole Jr. explains, now it is becoming politically palatable to add capacity with high occupancy toll (HOT) or express toll lanes, which are open to toll-paying vehicles and usually some form of high-occupancy vehicle—bus, vanpool, or carpool. The success of HOV-to-HOT conversions, and the demonstrated ability of private firms to raise large sums based on projected revenues from such projects, Poole writes, has stimulated activity in several of the most congested metro areas. Here is a sampling of the projects.
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