Despite the sound bite that “New strategies may be necessary to manage congestion,” traffic meters and carpool lanes aren’t new ideas. They’re just new to the San Joaquin Valley. Freeways without meters in Los Angeles are the exception, not the rule, because, when used in the right situations, they work. (Although they don’t perform miracles.)

On-ramp meters might be all we’ve got

STOPandGO.org believes ramp meters compliance will be low in Los Angeles if lessons from the New York metropolitan area are analogous.