A creative Massachusetts driver was pulled over and cited Thursday for apparently driving in the carpool lane with a mannequin in the passenger seat. The vehicle was traveling northbound on Route 93 ...

Aerial time lapse image of traffic on the 10/110 Freeway interchange just west of downtown. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times) A new era in commuting begins today for clean-air vehicles with new ...

SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif. -- One California police department has a special message:u: If you plan to use the carpool lane on the freeway, make sure you have another human in the car! CHP Santa Fe ...

10:09 a.m. Aug. 8, 2025: Correction: An earlier version of this article stated the decal stickers would become invalid Oct. 2. They will no longer be valid Oct. 1. For the last two decades, more than ...

Electric vehicle drivers will lose special carpool lane privileges Sept. 30. The federally sanctioned, state-run Clean Air Vehicle Decals program — which allowed solo drivers of electric vehicles to ...

A grace period is ending Monday morning for those who drive electric vehicles as California’s carpool decal program is now officially over. California’s Clean Air Vehicle Decal program, which allowed ...

Q: Today while driving on the 405 Freeway, I noticed a city fire truck in Los Angeles County. It was not an emergency fire truck, but an equipment truck with boxes, tanks, and miscellaneous stuff.

A new era in commuting begins today for clean-air vehicles with new rules that kick solo drivers out of California carpool lanes and uncertainty over how it will impact commute times and traffic. As ...

For the last two decades, more than a million motorists who have slapped "clean air vehicle" decals on their electric and hybrid cars have been free to cruise in carpool lanes with no passengers. But ...