Anyone in CA received their HOV lane stickers?
#132
Re: Anyone in CA received their HOV lane stickers?
Hi All:
___I might actually become a CA. resident in the next year depending on the wife’s job transfer. If so, we would be moving to the Alameda/Oakland area? Would a CA. HOV lane sticker be needed for someone traveling in a hybrid heading east or west across the 5 bridges leading into and out of Alameda or am I jumping to gun on this?
___And if an HOV sticker(s) would be beneficial, save one for me please
___Thanks in advance.
___Wayne R. Gerdes
___I might actually become a CA. resident in the next year depending on the wife’s job transfer. If so, we would be moving to the Alameda/Oakland area? Would a CA. HOV lane sticker be needed for someone traveling in a hybrid heading east or west across the 5 bridges leading into and out of Alameda or am I jumping to gun on this?
___And if an HOV sticker(s) would be beneficial, save one for me please
___Thanks in advance.
___Wayne R. Gerdes
#133
Re: Anyone in CA received their HOV lane stickers?
Originally Posted by xcel
Hi All:
___I might actually become a CA. resident in the next year depending on the wife’s job transfer. If so, we would be moving to the Alameda/Oakland area? Would a CA. HOV lane sticker be needed for someone traveling in a hybrid heading east or west across the 5 bridges leading into and out of Alameda or am I jumping to gun on this?
___And if an HOV sticker(s) would be beneficial, save one for me please
___Thanks in advance.
___Wayne R. Gerdes
___I might actually become a CA. resident in the next year depending on the wife’s job transfer. If so, we would be moving to the Alameda/Oakland area? Would a CA. HOV lane sticker be needed for someone traveling in a hybrid heading east or west across the 5 bridges leading into and out of Alameda or am I jumping to gun on this?
___And if an HOV sticker(s) would be beneficial, save one for me please
___Thanks in advance.
___Wayne R. Gerdes
Anyhow, if you're thinking of Alameda the town with its bridges and tunnel across the Oakland estuary, HOV stickers won't do you any good there. There are no carpool lanes on those bridges or through the tunnel. The stickers are an absolute lifesaver for people commuting between the East Bay and San Francsico. Or, if you live in Alameda and commute to the Silicon Valley a sticker will come in real handy on I-880.
#134
Re: Anyone in CA received their HOV lane stickers?
Originally Posted by kenny
When do you expect the 75,000th will be issued?
According to the San Jose (CA) Mercury News "Roadshow" column: "As of November 22, the state had received 38,241 hybrid-carpool applications and issued 35,176. Up to 75,000 will be eligible for carpool-lane use.
#135
Re: Anyone in CA received their HOV lane stickers?
Originally Posted by xcel
___I might actually become a CA. resident in the next year depending on the wife’s job transfer. If so, we would be moving to the Alameda/Oakland area? Would a CA. HOV lane sticker be needed for someone traveling in a hybrid heading east or west across the 5 bridges leading into and out of Alameda or am I jumping to gun on this?
The stickers will be very nice if you travel on any of the Bay Area freeways or across any of the bay bridges.
#136
Re: Anyone in CA received their HOV lane stickers?
Originally Posted by NASAgineer
According to the San Jose (CA) Mercury News "Roadshow" column: "As of November 22, the state had received 38,241 hybrid-carpool applications and issued 35,176. Up to 75,000 will be eligible for carpool-lane use.
As of early October, the DMV had issued about 27,000 carpool-access stickers to drivers of the Prius, Civic and Insight.
Published on November 11, 2005, Page 2A, San Jose Mercury News (CA)
So it looks like about 1300 stickers are being issued per week lately. At that rate they should last till June, more or less.
#137
Re: Anyone in CA received their HOV lane stickers?
Hi ElanC:
___Thanks for the reply. Her job location would be in Alameda itself. I looked it up on Google and it shows an island! I see Oakland just north east of there and that is probably where we would end up to begin with? I see I-880 on the map and it looks like a decent cross county Interstate. When we were driving through San Francisco last year, there was a $5.00 toll IIRC for crossing the GG bridge unless you were an HOV. My wife, son, and I were in a Buick LeSabre so it was a free toll Do the Alameda bridges/tunnels have tolls that allow an HOV (HOV badged hybrid) a free pass if they are in fact toll bridges?
___Thanks in advance.
___Wayne R. Gerdes
___Thanks for the reply. Her job location would be in Alameda itself. I looked it up on Google and it shows an island! I see Oakland just north east of there and that is probably where we would end up to begin with? I see I-880 on the map and it looks like a decent cross county Interstate. When we were driving through San Francisco last year, there was a $5.00 toll IIRC for crossing the GG bridge unless you were an HOV. My wife, son, and I were in a Buick LeSabre so it was a free toll Do the Alameda bridges/tunnels have tolls that allow an HOV (HOV badged hybrid) a free pass if they are in fact toll bridges?
___Thanks in advance.
___Wayne R. Gerdes
#138
Re: Anyone in CA received their HOV lane stickers?
Originally Posted by xcel
Hi ElanC:
___Thanks for the reply. Her job location would be in Alameda itself. I looked it up on Google and it shows an island! I see Oakland just north east of there and that is probably where we would end up to begin with? I see I-880 on the map and it looks like a decent cross county Interstate. When we were driving through San Francisco last year, there was a $5.00 toll IIRC for crossing the GG bridge unless you were an HOV. My wife, son, and I were in a Buick LeSabre so it was a free toll Do the Alameda bridges/tunnels have tolls that allow an HOV (HOV badged hybrid) a free pass if they are in fact toll bridges?
___Thanks in advance.
___Wayne R. Gerdes
___Thanks for the reply. Her job location would be in Alameda itself. I looked it up on Google and it shows an island! I see Oakland just north east of there and that is probably where we would end up to begin with? I see I-880 on the map and it looks like a decent cross county Interstate. When we were driving through San Francisco last year, there was a $5.00 toll IIRC for crossing the GG bridge unless you were an HOV. My wife, son, and I were in a Buick LeSabre so it was a free toll Do the Alameda bridges/tunnels have tolls that allow an HOV (HOV badged hybrid) a free pass if they are in fact toll bridges?
___Thanks in advance.
___Wayne R. Gerdes
As for saving the tolls across the Golden Gate, Bay Bridge, etc., no dice. Anyone getting a sticker in the counties with cross-bay bridges - Alameda, Contra Costa, San Franscisco, etc., must first get a special Fastrak transponder. The transponder will charge you automatically for the toll as you drive onto the bridge in the HOV lane without stopping.
Only alternative fuel zero emission vehicles like my RAV4 EV and the Civic GX are eligible to cross the bridges without paying a toll.
#139
Re: Anyone in CA received their HOV lane stickers?
My wife just called me to say they came in the mail today. Sent in my application on 11/21 and they cashed my check 12/8. Shockingly, my wife refused to bring them to work for me so I could drive home in the HOV lane tonight