Toll roads for L.A. county proposed

Grappling with increasingly crowded Southland freeways, the Metro
board Thursday said it will seek to convert some of Los Angeles
County's most popular car-pool lanes to toll roads. Troy Anderson in the Daily News.

Under the plan, solo drivers could use the car-pool lanes if they pay
a toll. Vehicles with two or more occupants - which currently use the
lanes for free - would also pay a toll, although less than solo
drivers. It's unclear how the plan would apply to hybrids.

"Orange County has them and so does San Diego County, but we've never
had toll roads," Metropolitan Transportation Authority spokesman Marc
Littman said. "This is another option for reducing congestion,
improving mobility and generating additional revenues that we could
use to improve public transit."