HOT Lanes Have a Mixed Record Elsewhere (washingtonpost.com) - This article notes that some people criticize HOT lanes - which allow cars with one occupant to pay a toll to use HOV lanes - as "Lexus Lanes," which are used more often by the wealthy. This sort of criticism drives me batty. WHO CARES, if it reduces traffic? I blogged a similar piece earlier which noted that parents at some schools were angry that their (public) schools were not receiving gifts (such as money for special educational programs) from private donors, while other public schools were. Instead of working to generate gifts to their own schools, their solution was to prevent anyone from receiving gifts at all. Some people are so torn apart by insecurity that they must destroy anyone who is succeeding where they are not.