If you've driven a car through a major metropolitan area, then you've probably sat in rush hour traffic staring at a free-flowing carpool lane wondering whose bright idea it was to make a whole ...

On Monday, Caltrans planned to open a temporary HOV lane along the westbound side of the freeway from Vacaville to Fairfield. This means the lane will be restricted to only vehicles with two or ...

But, since another lifestyle choice HOV lanes were meant to promote is a greener environment, a lot of areas allow hybrids to cruise in the HOV lane with only one person in the car. With hybrids ...