For those who want to understand the situation...
There used to be 3 general lanes and one carpool lane. But the state dot took away another general lane and made it a toll / carpool lane.
So now there are two toll/carpool lanes and two general lanes.
And then to make life significantly worse for 99% of the people they changed the definition of carpooling from 2+ to 3+ people.
Effectively this created two lanes with horrible jams. And two lanes that were practically empty most of the time.
And if you get caught in the wrong lane the fines are tremendous.
Good summary! I am glad someone got fired over it. This is so typical of the way our government screws everything up all the time.