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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can you drive on the 395 HOV lanes during restrictions even when there's only 2 people?  I know cabs can do this (I see them on there at 8am and 5pm all the time), curious if Uber is the same.  
I've thought about getting an Uber home from work (downtown to Braddock Rd) but scared we'd get stuck in traffic on regular 395.
Thanks for the terrific thread OP!  I hope you are my driver some day.  PS I always tip, whether it's Uber, Instacart, Postmates, etc.[/quote]

A taxicab can drive in the HOV-3 legally with only 2 people (himself and paid passenger), but an uber cannot.  An uber could of course if they had the required minimum for HOV in the car.  Also, a cabbie can't drive solo in HOV.  I could teach a class on HOV.  Knowing the HOV rules can save a TON of time when you have a passenger in the car, especially on I-66.

If I was making that trip in an uber from 4-6:30pm on a weekday, I'd have the driver get across 14th Street Bridge the quickest way possible, take the Arlington Ridge Rd exit, then go the back ways to wherever you need to be on Braddock.  Toughing it out on 395 the whole way wouldn't be that bad either, because you're really not paying for the time in an uber as much as you are the miles.  Sitting in traffic doesn't "run up the meter" like it does in a taxicab because uber's rates are so dirt cheap.  [/quote]

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