| About the HOV Lanes
The High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Lanes are located on the
Long Island Expressway (LIE), in both directions, from Exit
32 to 64. Commuters that travel in the HOV Lanes report an
average savings of twenty minutes each way.
HOV Lane Rules & Regulations
HOV Lane restrictions are in effect Monday through Friday
6:00 AM – 10:00 AM and
3:00 PM – 8:00 PM. During these specified hours, the
HOV Lanes are reserved for buses and passenger vehicles with
two or more occupants (children are considered passengers).
Minivans with two or more passengers, and motorcycles (no
passenger required) are permitted to use the HOV Lanes at
all times. Passenger vehicles with only one occupant may use
the HOV Lanes outside of the above specified times.
The following vehicles
are not permitted in the HOV Lanes at any time: - Trailers
- Commercial vans and trucks
- Vehicles with commercial license
plates
Using the HOV Lanes is a convenient and fast way to get to
where you’re going. Try meeting your carpool
or vanpool at a convenient Park
and Ride lot.
Some hybrid vehicles are permitted to use the HOV Lanes with a single occupant. Click here for information.
To download The Safe Driver's Guide to the LIE HOV Lanes, please click here.
HOV Success Stories
I’ve been an HOV
participant for four plus years now. I can honestly say that without using the
HOV Lane, I may have been forced to seek employment closer to home. I enter at
exit 63 and exit at exit 40, a long stretch, but with the HOV it’s almost
a pleasure. I arrive at work within five minutes of the same time each day and
close to the same for the ride home. You save money, help the environment and
most importantly don’t have to deal with aggravating traffic conditions.
It’s wonderful!
David, The Were Group, Jericho
I have been carpooling on and off for close to twenty years
to my job in Manhasset, NY, first from Huntington and later
from the car port in Farmingville out near Exit 63 on the
LIE. In that time I have saved thousands of dollars and, when
the HOV Lane came along, have passed hundreds of thousands
of cars. With the eighty plus miles each day I travel,
I have saved on car wear and tear – extra “z’s”
when I’m not the driver – and hours saved to and
from my job rather than stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic.
Some things
to consider that may encourage you in finding the right partner or partners:
- A pick up point that is close and comfortable for both of you
- Being open to trying it part time at first. Full time can work;
but, with schedule changes, part time is better than no time and definitely takes
the edge off driving alone five days straight.
John
North Shore University Hospital
Manhasset, NY
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