It's something we've supported on our editorial page and we've written about on this blog -- a "citizen reporting" program whereby drivers can report HOV cheaters to authorities. Now, DART plans to get one started. News of the new program...
Extra lane would lessen gridlock Re: "Traffic lanes for the rest of us," Barbara Meier, Monday Letters Meier hit the nail on the head: We should open the HOV lanes to everyone. We now have HOV lanes with very few...
I drive the Dallas North Tollway on workdays because I feel that it is the safest and most direct route to my job downtown. My current annual toll is $680. After September, it will increase to $900. How can this...
I'd like to open up a discussion on something other than health care. This morning's story, "HOV cheaters on Central ticketed," brought forth three e-mails from readers who cheered the enforcement effort. "Thank you, thank you, thank you," wrote one....
Re: "Meditations on the HOV," by John D. McCall, last Sunday Community Opinions Letters. I must agree that the first step to make the HOV lanes more useful would be to remove the plastic pylons. They are dirty, ugly and...
The overpass entrance east and west to the HOV at T.I. Boulevard is extremely dangerous. New signage or devices are needed to keep drivers from making a turn in the wrong direction. I use this entrance frequently and have to...
The solution for enforcement in the HOV lanes is simple: Take down the plastic pylons. Those pylons were not designed for permanent use. They break easily and they create a nightmare anytime there is a breakdown in the HOV. The...
Re: "HOV lanes' image under construction -- Motorists on Central see cheaters, but not much benefit," Saturday news story. HOV lanes are meant to inspire car-pooling, reduce traffic, improve ecology and so on. This is all fine, but exactly where...
Should Dallas-area HOV users help identify HOV lawbreakers by reporting their license plates to authorities? Could this discourage others from using the lanes illegally or barging in and out of them? Results from a program in the Seattle area...
DART is responsible for operation of the HOV lanes around Dallas, but that doesn't mean members of the agency's board like them any more than the public does. The nagging problem area is the LBJ/U.S. 75 vicinity. I'd say...
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