Socialist Lanes or Congestion Pricing for California?

Published on April 4, 2024

Commentary The mass-production of inexpensive Model T’s by Henry Ford starting in 1908 put first America, then the world on wheels. People no longer were bound by location, or taking mass transport such as trains or ships, but enjoyed the freedom of going wherever they wanted. Family driving in a Ford Model T on a rural road, circa 1915. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Government ever since have been seeking to limit that liberty. One of the worst is High-Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes, also called commuter or diamond lanes in California. I’ve spent three decades calling them “socialist lanes,” but it hasn’t caught on....

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