Hybrid-access bill speeds toward OK Critics fear incentive could increase traffic By Douglas Fischer, STAFF WRITER A measure granting drivers of hybrid vehicles access to free-way carpool lanes -- even when alone -- is cruising through the Legislature, despite calls from opponents who say such drivers could gum up the lanes for those in carpools and buses. Sponsored by Assemblywoman Fran Pavley, D-Agoura Hills, the fast-moving bill would let up to 75,000 drivers of vehicles with gas-and-electric-powered "hybrid" engines use the lanes as an incentive to buy the new technology and improve overall air quality.... http://www.trivalleyherald.com/Stories/0,1...2210968,00.html
thanks for including the link. i just sent him an email, and referred him to my post at http://www.plusaf.com/soapbox/carpool.htm
