Highway 101 commute hours shortened in Marin and Sonoma counties

The Brief

  • Carpool lane hours are changing on part of Highway 101 in Marin and Sonoma County.
  • Caltrans says the change will take place sometime in February.
  • The expanded carpool hours didn’t last long and only went into effect last September.

MARIN COUNTY, California It took only six months for driver frustration over expanded commute-hour lane restrictions on a major commuter highway, to boil over, leading to a grass-roots movement to shorten them.

Many have spoken out and Caltrans took a second look to agree with them.

Carpool lane hours changing

What we know:

Sometime in late February, Caltrans will shorten and unify the HOV commute lane signs along the 52 miles of Highway 101 from Mill Valley in Marin County and Windsor in Sonoma County.

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