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HOT lane
noun[ C ]
transport USspecializeduk /ˈhɒt ˌleɪn/ us /ˈhɑːt ˌleɪn/
abbreviation for high-occupancy toll lane: a fast-moving lane(= a section) on a wide road that is only to be used by cars with two or more people in them, by buses, or by vehicles with only a driver if the driver pays a toll(= a charge): 高承载收费车道（high-occupancy toll lane的缩写）
The HOT lanes are designed primarily for express buses and other high-occupancy vehicles.
Over the course of the month, 6,500 different vehicles used the HOT lanes.在这一个月里，有6500辆不同的车辆使用了高承载收费车道。
HOT lanes give free passage to carpooling vehicles and allow non-carpoolers to pay a peak-hour toll for access.
The Transportation Commission chairman suggested that vehicles with three or more occupants receive a toll credit for the HOT lanes as a reward for carpooling.
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