2000:  The State of California restores the three-person minimum for the El Monte Busway carpool lane.

In passing Assembly Bill 769 (Margett), lawmakers acted to end a Caltrans experiment that permitted two-person carpools on the Busway.

Drivers had complained that the experiment had led to overcrowding in the diamond lane, a slowdown in traffic and a per-hour falloff in the actual in the number of people woh transited the Busway during rush periods.

AB 769 takes effect on July 24, 2000.