Ontario's newly designed HOV lane is in effect on Highway 400

By: 600005 On: Oct 11, 2021, 3:17 PM

Ontario has made changes to the HOV lanes on a major highway that have a new design and different set of rules. The Ministry of Transportation said the newly installed HOV lanes on Highway 400 in Vaughan were opened this week . 

Existing HOV traffic lanes in Ontario allow for vehicles to enter or exit by moving across a dashed lane marking located along the HOV lane. 

The driver merges out of the HOV lane and straight back into the regular flow of traffic in the old system as shown below.

The newly designed lanes give motorists a chance to slow down to the speed of regular traffic before merging back as shown in the picture below.

Highway 400 is currently the only place where these lanes exist and no changes have been made on Highway 404, Highway 403, Highway 427, Highway 410, Highway 417 and the QEW.