Now that the plug has been pulled on the federal Clean Pass program, there needs to be a smart and achievable plan for the Long Island Expressway’s High Occupancy Vehicle lane which was the first suburban one in New York when it debuted in 1994.

Back in 2022, the editorial board urged state and local officials to plan before the program expired. They didn’t. Commuters are now left with a partisan blame game instead of solutions as they watch a much emptier HOV lane while idling on the world’s largest parking lot.

Will employers offer sweet incentives like free or priority parking to entire more people to carpool? Or increase the amount of gross income pretax an employee can claim for commuting expenses? Should the state can consider making the HOV lane an express toll lane like Maryland

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