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You’ll notice some big changes on the morning commute this morning, especially if you take the toll lanes.

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METRO has given the green light on some big changes coming to Houston’s HOV and HOT lanes.

To get traffic flowing again, METRO  will extend HOV hours from 6 to 6:30, but only if they pay a $2 toll increase. METRO is also hitting the brakes on single occupant cars from using the lanes completely from 6:30 to 8 am.

“We we’re overextended on capacity, METRO interim president Tom Lambert said. “The travel times have gone down, and that’s impacted the quality of service that people can get when using the HOV HOT lanes.”

To learn more, visit http://ridemetro.org.

METRO to Extend HOV Hours, Changes Single Rider Policy [LISTEN]  was originally published on news92fm.com