Why aren HOV lanes open to all traffic outside rush hours?
HOV lanes are primarily used as a congestion management tool, providing carpoolers and transit users with a reliable trip time at all hours of the day and allowing them to avoid periodic congestion. While HOV lanes save the greatest amount of time for users during peak periods, Ontario’s HOV lanes are being added to highway corridors that typically experience heavy congestion throughout the day — it is therefore most efficient to keep the HOV lanes available for carpool and transit use all the time.
