The HOT lane from Auburn to Renton is being converted into an express toll lane, similar to the existing toll lanes on I-405 between Bellevue and Lynnwood.
Up until now, only solo drivers needed a pass to pay their way into the HOT lane. Carpoolers didn’t need a pass. It was the honor system. Now they do, or they will be tolled.
“I’ve made friends with total strangers just to use that lane, now it’s still going to cost me an additional fee,” KIRO host Spike O’Neill said…