Lexus lane

English

Etymology

Lexus (a brand of luxury automobile) + lane

Noun

Lexus lane (plural Lexus lanes)

1. (slang) A toll-charging express lane on a public highway.
   • 2006 May 21, “Uncrowding the Lane”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     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.

   • 2012 November 17, Steve Lopez, “Doing the math on 'Lexus lanes'”, in Los Angeles Times‎^[2], →ISSN:

     As for the Lexus lane charge, UCLA transportation guru Brian Taylor argued that toll lanes aren't a bad deal for low-income people.

   • 2014 February 21, Nicholas Sakelaris, “Taking a toll: Life in the "Lexus lane"”, in Dallas Business Journal‎^[3]:

     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 on Wikipedia.Wikipedia