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Re:Toll roads are spreading in America by lokar on Saturday December 27, 2025 @05:53PM (#46406252)
In most situations the restricted lane (regardless of how you pick who gets to use it), does in fact benefit everyone else.

Under high congestion traffic throughput plummets. Restricted access to one or more lanes lets you keep them flowing at near the peak, increasing the overall throughput of the system by much more than one of the congested lanes.

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Re:Toll roads are spreading in America by imoverclocked on Saturday December 27, 2025 @08:02PM (#46407299)
The issue is that average number is of little consolation to everyone in the slower lanes.
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Re:Toll roads are spreading in America by hedora on Saturday December 27, 2025 @09:39PM (#46407871)
Most of the Bay Area HOV lanes are not limited access. They let you enter/exit wherever, creating congestion. They also slow down traffic at the points where people have to cross lots of lanes to enter/exit.

When before/after studies have been done, the HOV lanes around here generally make everything worse.

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Re:Toll roads are spreading in America by whimsicalism on Sunday December 28, 2025 @08:06AM (#46410801)
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