BeerNut Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 METRO to launch pilot program opening high-occupancy vehicle, toll lanes on weekends Quote This summer, Houston drivers will be able to ride select high-occupancy vehicle lanes on the weekends as part of a Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County pilot program. METRO’s board of directors approved the pilot program at its June 23 meeting. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freundb Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 I don't know why they weren't doing this already Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 That plan looks better than the old one, which had I-45 outbound HOV open all day Saturday, and inbound on Sunday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolaboy Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 I wish they opened up Katy Fwy Managed lanes for HOV on weekends 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 15 hours ago, freundb said: I don't know why they weren't doing this already In the Chronicle article, it says because of the expense. This program is being paid for with $575,000 in federal COVID relief funds. Apparently, having those toll lanes open costs a bunch of money. In addition to paying the workers to open and close the barriers (expected); cops have to be paid overtime to patrol the route; and the toll operator, TransCore gets $388,000, for what I'm not sure. People like to believe that once you build a highway, it's free. It's not. Highways are expensive. If people knew how much it really costs to build and run a highway, they wouldn't think that railroads are so expensive. Not knowing if the toll lanes will be open or closed is a big reason I don't use them. I don't mind paying to use a toll road, but I don't like the uncertainty when I'm driving 65 miles an hour. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freundb Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 2 hours ago, editor said: In the Chronicle article, it says because of the expense. This program is being paid for with $575,000 in federal COVID relief funds. Apparently, having those toll lanes open costs a bunch of money. In addition to paying the workers to open and close the barriers (expected); cops have to be paid overtime to patrol the route; and the toll operator, TransCore gets $388,000, for what I'm not sure. People like to believe that once you build a highway, it's free. It's not. Highways are expensive. If people knew how much it really costs to build and run a highway, they wouldn't think that railroads are so expensive. Not knowing if the toll lanes will be open or closed is a big reason I don't use them. I don't mind paying to use a toll road, but I don't like the uncertainty when I'm driving 65 miles an hour. Sure it costs money, but they are collecting tolls for it. I dunno. I won't try and pretend like I know the financials of operating a toll road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 1 hour ago, freundb said: Sure it costs money, but they are collecting tolls for it. I dunno. I won't try and pretend like I know the financials of operating a toll road. I expect the numbers should be online somewhere. I'm not sure where to begin to look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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