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metro wants to end free rides for clean-air vehicles in toll lanes
Chaotic morning traffic on the west toll road on the 10 Freeway. With travel speeds slowing in the toll lanes on the 10 and 110, Metro is considering ending free use for commuters who drive alone in plug-in hybrids and electric cars. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

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Metro wants to end free rides for clean-air vehicles in toll lanes

“Most of the population doesn’t know anything about electric vehicles… For them to see signs in the toll lanes that allow these cars, or even to see vehicles in the lane, is beneficial for the state” said J.R. DeShazo, director of UCLA’s Luskin Center for Innovation and member of the IoES faculty to the LA Times.