The best solution for congested highways around Canada’s major cities is the creation of high-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes, according to a study from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Congestive Traffic Failure: The Case for High-Occupancy and Express Toll Lanes in Canadian Cities,” author Benjamin Dachis reports that converting carpool lanes into HOT lanes would improve travel time reliability, increase highway capacity and potentially reduce congestion on un-tolled lanes.
"For three of Canada’s largest urban areas, HOT lanes, which usually let high-occupancy vehicles travel for free and charge a toll to other drivers, and express toll lanes could generate total annual revenue of more than $1 billion that could be used to support transportation investments,” states Dachis.
