How does HOV determine?
Xerox’s imaginatively named Vehicle Passenger Detection System uses two cameras, an illuminator, a video image processor, and a laser trigger. Using geometric algorithms, the system determines whether there are enough people in the car to qualify for the HOV lane, and bust accordingly.
Can I use HOV lane without FasTrak?
If you are a vanpool, you may use Bay Area Express Lanes toll free. A FasTrak toll tag is not required.
Can you drive in HOV lane with FasTrak?
Express lanes utilize additional HOV/carpool lane capacity, encourage carpools and vanpools and provide more reliable travel times. Express lanes are free to carpools, motorcycles, vanpools and other eligible vehicles during the designated hours of operation provided the correct toll tag setting is used.
Why are HOV lanes good for the road?
People shift from low- to high-occupancy vehicles, thus reducing the overall number of vehicles on the road. High-occupancy vehicles have priority, thus vehicles with more passengers suffer less delay than do vehicles with only one person. An added HOV lane increases road capacity, thus reducing overall congestion.
What’s the difference between a HOV lane and a T3 lane?
A high-occupancy vehicle lane (also known as an HOV lane, carpool lane, diamond lane, 2+ lane, and transit lane or T2 or T3 lanes) is a restricted traffic lane reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles with a driver and one or more passengers, including carpools, vanpools, and transit buses.
When to use high occupancy vehicle lanes?
High-Occupancy Vehicle Lanes. Typically, HOV lanes are open to motor vehicles carrying two or more people, and sometimes access is open to motorcycles or vehicles that use alternative fuels (hybrid or electric vehicles). Access restrictions on HOV lanes can apply 24-hours a day or only during peak congestion periods.
Do you have to have an E-Z Pass for the HOV lane?
Vehicles must have E-Z Pass. Manhattan-bound on the Long Island Expressway from Calvary Cemetery to the Queens-Midtown Tunnel is an HOV lane from 7 AM to 10 AM on weekdays. It is restricted to passenger vehicles with three or more people, buses, emergency vehicles, or taxis and for-hire vehicles with at least two passengers.
What are HOV lanes and when can we use them?
A high-occupancy vehicle lane (also known as an HOV lane, carpool lane, diamond lane, 2+ lane, and transit lane or T2 or T3 lanes) is a restricted traffic lane reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles with a driver and one or more passengers , including carpools, vanpools, and transit buses.
What kinds of vehicles are allowed in the HOV lane?
There are several types of vehicles that are permitted to use HOV lanes which include: alternative fuel vehicles licensed with an alternative fuel certified license plate, buses, emergency vehicles (including fire, law enforcement, and medical vehicle), motorcycles, and vehicles carrying the permitted number of vehicles.
What vehicles are eligible to drive in the HOV lane?
Use of the HOV decal issued by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) will allow Inherently Low Emission Vehicles (ILEV) and Hybrid vehicles certified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to drive in a High Occupancy Vehicle lane at any time regardless of its occupancy.
Where do you enter HOV lanes?
HOV lanes often start when a new left lane is added to a highway . You will see overhead signs on the left side of the highway that show where the lane begins. Simply move into the left lane across the white broken lines. In some cases, an existing left lane has been turned into an HOV lane.