Where are Washington State’s HOV lanes?
I-985 “turns off” the state’s HOV lanes during most hours of the day.
Here are all the HOV lanes on Washington State highways:
Note that they’re entirely in a narrow strip of land bordering the Puget Sound — a tiny portion of the state. Over three-quarters of the HOV system is in King County alone. And yet I-985 asks folks with little understanding of local conditions, from all corners of the state, to make a decision on how to manage them. That’s just not good policy: people with good knowledge of local conditions should be making decisions about HOV lanes. Anything else just doesn’t make sense.