Want to get out of dodge?

It will cost YOU.

Did you hear the latest joke?  HOV lanes will be converted to toll lanes. 

Don't think it's funny?  Then you better speak up now, or forever pay the price.

Read about it here. 

Again, WHO owns the roads?

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram article speaks volumes - HOV lanes in DFW being converted to tollways

"HOV lanes were a stupid idea to begin with, and in practice they have been a disaster," said Coughlin, a real estate broker who lives in downtown Dallas. He said he has never heard an argument in favor of HOV lanes, other than from "the bureaucrats, consultants and blow-up-doll manufacturers who defend it."

And there they are again...
 
"We have recognized over the years that HOV lanes have transitioned beyond their initial purpose," said Dan Lamers, senior program manager for the North Central Texas Council of Governments. 

"The economic advantage of HOV lanes has changed," he said.

Sqeaky Wheel

WFAA has done an ongoing investigation about unsafe HOV lanes are causing more crashes and deaths. They continue to point out how safety is being ignored. It has been the best reporting we have seen of late.

There will be a public meeting Thursday at 10:00 a.m.

Where? At the "COG" office in Arlington, 616 Six Flags Drive. We have told you about the NCTCOG before. They seem to come up often.

In the past 3 days DART police (WHO exactly are they?) have written 150 tickets in the HOV lanes. Last year through this time, they had written 71.
Six cops writing tickets the day before the Safety hearing.

If you would like to see all the reports go to WFAA.com.

If you go to the meeting, let us know the outcome.

Although we have a feeling we already know what it is.