Free ride over for electric vehicles on the Long Island Expressway car pool lanes: ‘This sucks’

Source: New York Post

The free ride is over. A state program that allowed drivers of electric vehicles and hybrid cars to ride solo on the HOV lanes of the Long Island Expressway has come to a screeching halt — leaving EV drivers to fend for themselves. The federally mandated Clean Pass program expired on Wednesday, which means the more than 55,000 metro area motorists will no longer be allowed into the high-occupancy lanes during rush hour.