'Slugging' Days Might Be Numbered In D.C. Area

The carpooling practice of picking up strangers might be facing extinction if a new bill is signed that will allow single-drivers access to HOV lanes.

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June 22, 2005, 5:00 AM PDT

By Brenda Meyer

"Their peculiar practice -- the only other known successful slug system is in the San Francisco Bay Area -- is a significant boon to traffic. Virginia officials said that most of the 35,000 or so carpoolers who use the I-95 HOV lanes daily are sluggers. If the system broke down, they said, those people probably would drive themselves, adding thousands of cars to the highway.

As Virginia pursues plans to build high-occupancy toll lanes on many of its major highways, slugs have emerged as an outspoken force against them. They fear for the future of carpool lanes, which they said will be overrun by toll-paying customers."

Thanks to Brenda Meyer

FULL STORY: New HOT Lanes Could Imperil Carpool Practice

Monday, June 20, 2005 in The Washington Post

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