Once Popular, Car Pools Go the Way of Hitchhiking

The headline says it all.

The sharp decline has confounded efforts by urban planners, who over the years have tried to encourage the practice by setting aside highway lanes for car-poolers, as well as offering incentives like discounted parking.

Urban planning is a clear failure.  Fire all the planners.  Put the millions in financial drain that they represent into long-overdue infrastructure repairs.