[Little Pig]

How is this any different from allowing single-rider motorcycles in carpool/HOV lanes (apart from probably slightly reducing accidents involving motorcycles by taking them out of the reach of inattentive commuters)?

[tfecw]

From my experience I don't see a whole lot of Motorcycles in the HOV3 lanes in DC. The ones that do are typical motorcyclists. They just zip down the center lane :) If I had a bike i'd do the same thing.

Hybrids are a defeat of the entire idea and premise of the carpool lanes. No one in VA says they are for the environment. If the Politicians are saying it they are lying through their teeth. It's for traffic appeasement and also serves as a handy escape route out of DC for the "important" folks that work there. A hybrid driving on the HOV lanes kills that entire concept and renders the roads useless. Anyone can use these roads, just depends how much you want to inconvenience yourself. There is slugging, carpooling, or even going to work early or later than everyone else! I hop on when it opens at 9 and leave work at 6 to get back. I don't like planning my day around the HOV lanes, but that's DC life.

[bmwcyle]

My R1100RTA flys at twice the speed of those electric things.

[RobRoy]

"How is this any different from allowing single-rider motorcycles in carpool/HOV lanes"

Simple. A motorcycle takes up very little space. It may not sound like it would matter but it does. As a motorcycle commuter I can tell you it most definitely does.