In a move that experts believe will catch on around the country, many drivers in New York are attempting to ‘lane pool’ in order to reduce the cost of tolls.  A Lane pooler essentially shares the same exact lane space with another car.  Instead of 2 cars driving in single file in the same lane, they drive side by side, thus reducing linear congestion.

Drivers that wish to benefit from lane pooling may need to have their cars slightly modified in one of the newly provided lane pooling modification centers.  During lane pooling modification, two cars are analyzed very carefully by experts to determine if they will be able to fit side by side within a standard sized toll road.

If the cars are slightly too wide, their vehicles can be right sized for lane pooling for a nominal extra fee of $200 which will generally pay for itself for drivers that would take more than 10 trips on any given toll road in the the New York area next year. 

New Jersey is also considering lane pooling options for its state.  As more New York lane poolers start to travel to New Jersey, they sometimes attempt to continue lane pooling across the state border.

Unfortunately, they currently still have to pay the old 2 car rate.  That may change as the state takes up new legislation that would both allow a non-driver in a vehicle to pump gas for that vehicle at gas stations, and a new tax credit for a air filters that can be installed on bumpers.  These air filters are similar in design to deer whistles that frighten away deer on the side of the road, but in this case the filters, filter CO2 emissions.

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