{"id":1270,"date":"2006-10-23T13:24:58","date_gmt":"2006-10-23T17:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=1270"},"modified":"2013-01-21T13:48:59","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T18:48:59","slug":"carpooling-lanes-saving-tim-for-gta-commuters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/10\/23\/carpooling-lanes-saving-tim-for-gta-commuters\/","title":{"rendered":"Carpooling lanes saving time for GTA commuters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ops.fhwa.dot.gov\/docs\/Houston\/Images\/figure6.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>According to the Ontario Ministry of Transportation, GTA commuters can save up to 25 minutes if they use carpooling lanes. And more high-occupancy vehicle lanes (HOV) are expected. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/canada\/toronto\/story\/2006\/10\/20\/carpool-lanes.html?ref=rss\">Read the CBC.ca article.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Carpooling lanes introduced to the Greater Toronto Area nearly a year ago have reduced travel times for some commuters by up to 25 minutes, transportation officials said Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Two High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes, reserved for vehicles carrying at least two people, were opened on southbound Highway 404 and both directions of Highway 403 in December 2005 with the expansion of an extra lane along each roadway.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[It was] very successful, more successful than we had forecast them to be,&#8221; said Patricia Boeckner of the provincial Ministry of Transportation, adding that more HOV lanes are planned.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>photo from <a href=\"http:\/\/ops.fhwa.dot.gov\/docs\/Houston\/chapter2.htm\">US Dept. of Transportation<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the Ontario Ministry of Transportation, GTA commuters can save up to 25 minutes if they use carpooling lanes. 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