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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    HOV lanes and LA traffic

    L.A.’s carpool lanes don’t move fast enough. Federal regulators want them to move at 45 MPH or more. But L.A.’s lanes only go that fast about 30 percent of the time.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Sep 20, 2018 • 1 min read

    L.A.’s carpool lanes don’t move fast enough. Federal regulators want them to move at 45 MPH or more. But L.A.’s lanes only go that fast about 30 percent of the time.

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    Do carpool lanes really work?
    1. 0:00Kavanaugh's accuser
    2. 10:20Investigating the Kavanaugh allegations
    3. 16:10HOV lanes and LA trafficYou’re reading this
    4. 23:42'Love, Gilda'
    5. 38:54How we talk to kids about legal cannabis
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    The full episode

    3 of 5
    Do carpool lanes really work?
    1. 0:00Kavanaugh's accuser
    2. 10:20Investigating the Kavanaugh allegations
    3. 16:10HOV lanes and LA trafficYou’re reading this
    4. 23:42'Love, Gilda'
    5. 38:54How we talk to kids about legal cannabis
    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand