Sacramento Area Bus/Carpool Lanes

• Provides a network with connecting ramps and exclusive on/off ramps which offers more consistent and predictable travel times for carpools, express buses, paratransit an emergency vehicles.
• Lanes enhance mobility for downtown to suburb, suburb to downtown, suburb to suburb and intercity trips.
• Provides essential mobility for emergency vehicles during times of greatest traffic congestion.
• Travel time savings provides an incentive for people to carpool or take buses that use the Bus/Carpool Lanes lanes.
• Provides additional roadway capacity for off-peak and weekend travelers.
• Used by freeway express buses serving Sacramento County serving all surrounding cities and counties. Also served by Amtrak, Greyhound and Paratransit buses.
• Complements expanded Light Rail and Regional Rail service to the airport, Elk Grove, Placer and San Joaquin Counties.
• Provides an important part of an integrated multi-modal transportation system supporting “Smart Growth” for the region.
• Increases the most efficient use of existing highway right-of-way by providing mobility without creating new highways.
• Benefits the economy through improved movement of people and goods.