Dallas Area Rapid Transit

HOV it!
Anyone who's driven around the metroplex during rush hour knows a sad truth: It's lonely in bumper-to-bumper traffic.

The fact is, you have more fun when you share a ride in a High Occupancy Vehicle lane. Just like it takes two to tango, it also takes at least two people to use an HOV lane.

These specially designated lanes have been designed for eligible vehicles with two or more persons, or for motorcycles. Note: Hybrid vehicles with single occupants are not allowed in HOV lanes.

Eligible vehicles include passenger cars, pickup trucks or vans carrying the specified or greater number of persons, law enforcement vehicles, buses and motorcycles. Prohibited vehicles include trucks with more than two axles or having a gross weight capacity of five tons or more and vehicles towing trailers.



Smoothing out your ride.
Courtesy patrols constantly monitor the HOV lanes, keeping them free of debris, performing maintenance, providing motorist assistance and handling incidents or accidents.

DART and the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) also have a new high-tech facility to keep traffic moving efficiently: the DalTrans Transportation Management Center.

This facility uses cameras to gather real-time, up-to-the-minute traffic information and then communicates this to drivers through dynamic message signs and lane control signals.

Putting you in the fast lane.
The current expansion more than doubles the region's HOV lane network to 80 miles, giving an extra edge to commuters sharing a ride. Now you can blow past cars in congested general lanes, bypass traffic jams and arrive at your destination much faster.

	View Dallas Area Camera and Dynamic Message Sign Locations Courtesy of Texas Department of Transportation
	View the latest road conditions and closures Courtesy of Texas Department of Transportation
View Dallas/Fort Worth traffic information Courtesy of Traffic.com

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