LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Nevada Lieutenant Governor Stavros Anthony desires to remove HOV lanes within the state, citing their lack of use for carpooling.
“We’re going through a process to apply to the federal government to do away with HOV lanes completely,” Anthony, a republican stated.
A part of that course of is determining what occurs with federal HOV funding. The Nevada Division of Transportation (NDOT) stated it could should return $145 million if HOV lanes go away, on account of that cash being allotted for the event of the lanes.
Nevada’s Lieutenant Governor, Stavros Anthony, is searching for to remove HOV lanes within the state, citing their lack of use for carpooling. (KLAS)
Anthony stated if the cash has to return, he’ll think about various plans with HOV lanes to maintain the cash in Nevada.
He stated the aim of HOV lanes is to get individuals to carpool with one another, however he doesn’t see that occuring. “Nobody’s doing that,” Anthony stated. “I’ve not ever talked to anyone who has called up somebody else in order to, carpool together in order to use the HOV lanes. Since that’s not happening, the HOV lanes are useless.”
In a survey NDOT carried out, 497 individuals stated HOV lanes encourage them to carpool out of 1,600 respondents.
Nevada’s Lieutenant Governor, Stavros Anthony, is searching for to remove HOV lanes within the state, citing their lack of use for carpooling. (KLAS)
The survey, carried out in 2024, is a part of a long-running NDOT examine to find out the way forward for HOV lanes. Simply over 3,040 individuals took the survey, and it’s a near-even cut up on how individuals use and really feel about HOV lanes.
53.8% of people that took the survey say they use HOV lanes whereas they’re operational, however 54.7% say they don’t suppose the HOV system is useful.
Director of UNLV’s Transportation Analysis Middle, Shashi Nambisan, stated one facet that can should be thought-about in the course of the examine is whether or not to concentrate on transporting extra individuals or extra vehicles.
“From a purely technical perspective, as long as there is a demand of two or more people in a vehicle during the peak travel period, we will be moving more people by having an HOV lane,” Nambisan stated.
NDOT’s examine shall be full in 2027; till then, the lanes ought to stay the identical as they’re now.
