Truck Lanes
There were also plans to add two truck-only lanes in each direction, further expanding the highway by another six lanes (including emergency lanes). However, the powerful trucking industry fought the idea of being required to use the tolled lanes. Separating traffic was proposed because it would smooth traffic and make the main lanes safer for cars. However, it would also effectively end the subsidy the industry gets by using roads which are mainly paid-for by the public (in contrast with railroads, which maintain their own tracks and pay per-mile taxes on them on top of that).
Read more about this topic: Northwest Corridor HOV/BRT
Famous quotes containing the words truck and/or lanes:
“They shoulda called me Little Cocaine, I was sniffing so much of the stuff! My nose got big enough to back a diesel truck in, unload it, and drive it right out again.”
—Little Richard (b. 1932)
“freeways fifty lanes wide
on a concrete continent
spaced with bland billboards
illustrating imbecile illusions of happiness”
—Lawrence Ferlinghetti (b. 1919)