They're often touted as a solution to our traffic woes. But do high occupancy vehicle lanes really work? Dr. Barry Wellar says no way.

He's a professor emeritus with the University of Ottawa and an Ottawa based transportation consultant who’s published a paper called Getting to the Truth About HOV Standards.

For starters he challenges the very definition of "high", which in Ontario is only 2 occupants. We also discuss the political spin of HOV lanes and their impact on the total number of cars on the road.