HOV lanes
Shared-ride expressways
HOV lanes are highway lanes restricted to vehicles carrying multiple occupants—typically two or more people.
The acronym stands for high-occupancy vehicle.
The lanes aim to reduce congestion by encouraging carpooling: Traffic was crawling except in the HOV lane.
Some HOV lanes allow single-occupant electric vehicles or motorcycles.
- carpoolingShared vehicle commuting
- carpool laneMulti-occupant vehicle roadway
- ridesharingJointly using private vehicles
- expresswayLimited-access highway
- vanpoolShared commuter vehicle arrangement
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