HOV lanes are slowly becoming just as congested as regular lanes due to changes in their implementation.
High-occupancy vehicle lanes, which were originally meant as an incentive for carpoolers to travel with ease, are now becoming as clogged as their neighboring freeway lanes, says John Tierney of the New York Times.
The answer is simple:
The answer, says Tierney, is high-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes, which would benefit everyone:* HOT lanes would be free of charge for car pools, jitneys or buses, but would be available to other drivers willing to pay a toll that would vary with demand.
Whole article here.