high-occupancy vehicle
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The reporting program was launched in 1984 when people were not accustomed to dedicated high-occupancy vehicle lanes.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 22, 2022
Last month, Brandy Bottone of Plano, Texas, was pulled over by a Dallas sheriff’s deputy and given a ticket for driving alone in a high-occupancy vehicle lane.
From New York Times ● Jul. 12, 2022
Metro’s study will include an examination of high-occupancy vehicle requirements across the county.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2017
Slugging, which is also common in San Francisco and has a smaller following in Houston, debuted about 1975 during the Middle East oil crisis and with the opening of high-occupancy vehicle lanes for car-poolers.
From Washington Post ● May 28, 2016
By 2014, VW was even lobbying the government to give buyers of these diesel cars rewards usually reserved for cutting-edge electric vehicles: tax rebates and access to high-occupancy vehicle lanes.
From Slate ● May 18, 2016
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