Lexus lane

English Etymology en Lexus (a brand of luxury automobile) + en lane Noun Lexus lane en slang A toll-charging express lane on a public highway. en 2006-05-21 Uncrowding the Lane w:The New York Times 0362-4331 http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/21/opinion/nyregionopinions/LI_Drive.html There are many obvious reasons why this would be problematic, ranging from the inadequacy of existing local roads and mass transit to handle diverted travelers to the probability that a "high-occupancy toll" lane would become an elitist "Lexus lane" barrelling people to the Hamptons in record time. en 2012-11-17 Steve Lopez Doing the math on 'Lexus lanes' w:Los Angeles Times 0458-3035 http://articles.latimes.com/2012/nov/17/local/la-me-1118-lopez-expresslanes-20121118 As for the Lexus lane charge, UCLA transportation guru Brian Taylor argued that toll lanes aren't a bad deal for low-income people. https://web.archive.org/web/20181116205329/http://articles.latimes.com:80/2012/nov/17/local/la-me-1118-lopez-expresslanes-20121118 16 November 2018 en 2014-02-21 Nicholas Sakelaris Taking a toll: Life in the "Lexus lane" Dallas Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/print-edition/2014/02/21/taking-a-toll-life-in-the-lexus-lane.html?page=all Critics say the sudden reliance on so-called “Lexus lanes” sells out public infrastructure to a foreign, for-profit company with unlimited tolling authority. Further reading High occupancy/toll and express toll lanes en Roads