With solo drivers kicked out of California carpool lanes, how bad will traffic get for rest of us?

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A program that allowed solo drivers in clean-air vehicles to drive in the carpool lanes ends Wednesday.

Experts say those drivers might just join other vehicles in the regular lanes or turn to mass transit to avoid the congestion

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 of Aug. 14, more than half a million motorists statewide had an active decal on their vehicle to access carpool lanes. California has an estimated 1,171 carpool lane-miles, with 803 miles in Southern California and 366 miles in Northern California, according t