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| Motorway car-sharing lane opens | |
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| The UK's first motorway car-share lane has opened in West Yorkshire. | |
| The £5.3m stretch links the southbound M606 from Bradford to the eastbound M62 towards Leeds. | The £5.3m stretch links the southbound M606 from Bradford to the eastbound M62 towards Leeds. |
| Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly said similar traffic management measures could be introduced on another 500 miles of motorway. | Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly said similar traffic management measures could be introduced on another 500 miles of motorway. |
| Vehicles, but not motorcycles, must be carrying two or more people to use the 1.7-mile lane - heavy goods vehicles will not be allowed to use it. | |
| The lane gives priority to motorists joining the eastbound carriageway of the M62 and will save the regular commuter, it is claimed, an estimated 30 to 40 minutes a week. | |
| Air quality | Air quality |
| Ms Kelly said motorists were being given the chance to "reduce both their journey times and their carbon footprints". | |
| "Currently, four out of five vehicles using this busy junction have only one occupant. | "Currently, four out of five vehicles using this busy junction have only one occupant. |
| "I hope this new lane will encourage people to share their journeys, which will ease congestion, cut journey times and improve local air quality," she said. | "I hope this new lane will encourage people to share their journeys, which will ease congestion, cut journey times and improve local air quality," she said. |
| John Jarvis, transport project director for Northern Way, which funded the project, added that greater levels of car sharing should be encouraged. | John Jarvis, transport project director for Northern Way, which funded the project, added that greater levels of car sharing should be encouraged. |
| The provision of dedicated lanes at suitable locations would "help lock in the benefits of additional road capacity and be good for the economy and the environment", he added. | The provision of dedicated lanes at suitable locations would "help lock in the benefits of additional road capacity and be good for the economy and the environment", he added. |