CleanPass!

You may have noticed some extra information on the LIE HOV Lane Regulations signs just before Lakeville Road and before Glen Cove Road. The HOV program has been expanded to include clean vehicles. If you drive a hybrid, you can ride in the HOV lane, regardless of how many occupants are in your vehicle.

What a concept!

State press releases referring to the "40 continuous miles of HOV lanes in both the eastbound and westbound directions along the length of the Long Island Expressway from Medford in the Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, to the Queens border," tend to wax poetic about the HOV achievement.

Officials expect the program to reduce "6,000 tons of greenhouse gas emissions and [save] in excess of 500,000 gallons of gasoline."