carpool north and south

[ceagle]

I have always wondered, but can't remember if I asked it here...

Does anybody know why Northern CA has smart carpool lanes and Southern CA has stupid carpool lanes? I guess the easy answer would be that someone or some committee somewhere decided So Cal was too stupid to handle smart ones... but there might be other answers, I dunno..

The lanes in NorCal are in effect during heavy traffic hours only, so regular drivers can use them in off-hours like 2 a.m. etc, and the SoCal ones are just brainlessly in effect all 24 hours ;P

Comments

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

Wowzers.... Amazing analysis, even if it doesn't bode well for traffic ... :/

[hastka.livejournal.com]

To stretch it a little further, they also discriminate disproportionately against single people and introverts! You'd think a place like California would be all over that legal battle but I guess they're picky about which minority groups the social justice warriors rally behind. :) You have my blessing if anyone with standing wants to bring that point up with the ACLU. :)