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Ontario plans to open high-occupancy vehicle lanes to all outside peak traffic times

Published Mar 17, 2026 at 5:52pm

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Ontario plans to open high-occupancy vehicle lanes to all outside peak traffic times

Vehicles zoom along the HOV lanes as morning rush hour traffic crawls along in Toronto, on Monday, June 29, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

TORONTO — Ontario drivers may soon be able to use high-occupancy vehicle lanes at times, even if they are all by themselves.

Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria is proposing to amend the Highway Traffic Act to allow single-occupant vehicles to use the HOV lanes during off-peak hours.

Sarkaria says modelling shows it would reduce travel times and ease gridlock.

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