High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes...

HOV lanes,
Living in lower New York State, I (we) do travel to New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and most of New England. Some of these states offer High Occupancy Vehicle lanes. Some states allow Hybrid vehicles to travel in these lanes with only one occupant. From what I'm reading it will not be to long before the Hybrid cars are no longer allowed in the HOV lanes with only one occupant. Virginia is really getting tough on their HOV regulations.
Just wondering on what thoughts you Prius Chat members have on this subject.

New Jersey:

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][/FONT]Hybrid Vehicles[/FONT] [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]
Will be Allowed to Travel in the HOV Lanes On the Turnpike [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Governor Jon S. Corzine and The New Jersey Turnpike Authority announced
on April 27, 2006 that the New Jersey Turnpike Authority will be allowing Hybrid vehicles to travel in the Turnpike’s High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes. HOV lanes are located on the Turnpike north- and south-bound between Interchange 11 in Woodbridge and Interchange 14 in Newark and operate on weekdays from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. northbound and 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. southbound.[/FONT][/FONT]
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New York:
If you drive a hybrid vehicle, like a Toyota Prius or a Honda Civic Hybrid, you can ride in the HOV lane even if you are alone in your car. New York State's Clean Pass-HOV initiative allows hybrid vehicles to travel in HOV lanes regardless of the number of occupants. If you are a hybrid car owner, you can apply for special stickers which you must put on your vehicle before you can take advantage of this program. To apply for the Clean Pass stickers, call the NYS Department of Motor Vehicles at (800) 697-0558. (Please note that this program requires that you put the provided stickers on your front and rear bumper, and both sides of the car behind the front wheels.)

Pennsylvania: I couldn't find any information about Hybrid use.
Massachusetts: Forget about it!
Connecticut: No information found on the DMV site.
New Hampshire: Doing away with HOV lanes?
Maine: No information found on the DMV site.
Rhode Island: No information found on the DMV site. ​

 

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