HOV lane underutilization examples
 
These photos illustrate the problem of High Occupancy Vehicle (car pool) lanes being underutilized, forcing higher congestion in other lanes than they would experience without HOV lane restrictions. Non-HOV lanes are called "mixed flow lanes", since they carry a mix of single occupancy vehicles and multiple occupancy vehicles.


US 50, HOV lane shot #1
US 50 westbound, just west of El Dorado Hills Blvd.
HOV lane has 2 vehicles in about 1 mile of freeway.
(One is nearly hidden behind the other in this photo.)

HOV traffic in eastern Folsom
US 50 westbound, going from El Dorado County into Sacramento County

US 50 approaching Rancho Cordova
US 50 westbound, approaching Rancho Cordova


The view behind, eastbound in Folsom
US 50 eastbound in Folsom, looking back in the left side mirror
One car barely visible in HOV lane; a second entered the lane farther east,
spaced about 3/4 mile from the one in this photo.

Future web page:  Understanding HOV utilization and roadway capacity statistics:
Which statistics are self evident, which statistics can be misleading

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