express lane
noun
US
: an area in a store (such as a supermarket) where customers form a line that lets them pay for the things they are buying more quickly than other lanes
Customers with fewer than 12 items can use the express lane.
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Imagine a crowded highway where emergency vehicles get their own express lane that's always open – that's essentially what network slicing does for emergency communications.
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Maribel Lopez, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
Those caught breaking speed limits again will receive civil offense tickets, similar to express lane violations, with fines starting at $45.
—Bruce Finley, The Denver Post, 3 Feb. 2025
Loading your audio article Congestion pricing moved back to the express lane on Monday after a Manhattan federal judge declined a request for a preliminary injunction to stop the controversial tolling plan, which is slated to go into effect early next month.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 23 Dec. 2024
This implemented changes aimed to make the road safer, such as by adding wider shoulders and creating an express lane.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 29 Jan. 2024
In addition, a I-680 express lane and left shoulder will be closed heading northbound between Amador Valley Boulevard in Dublin and Alcosta Boulevard.
—Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 5 Oct. 2024
The aftermath left every lane of southbound I-680 blocked except for the express lane.
—Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 18 July 2024
Related Articles Drivers fined $42 million in eight months for express lane violations
A coalition of pro-transit advocacy groups and the caucus of mayors from 38 Colorado cities have backed the campaign.
—Bruce Finley, The Denver Post, 2 July 2024
Interstate 275 commuters were expecting traffic relief last fall when Ohio Department of Transportation crews were supposed to be done installing an express lane.
—Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 29 Apr. 2024
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Maribel Lopez, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
Those caught breaking speed limits again will receive civil offense tickets, similar to express lane violations, with fines starting at $45.
—Bruce Finley, The Denver Post, 3 Feb. 2025
Loading your audio article Congestion pricing moved back to the express lane on Monday after a Manhattan federal judge declined a request for a preliminary injunction to stop the controversial tolling plan, which is slated to go into effect early next month.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 23 Dec. 2024
This implemented changes aimed to make the road safer, such as by adding wider shoulders and creating an express lane.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American-Statesman, 29 Jan. 2024
In addition, a I-680 express lane and left shoulder will be closed heading northbound between Amador Valley Boulevard in Dublin and Alcosta Boulevard.
—Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 5 Oct. 2024
The aftermath left every lane of southbound I-680 blocked except for the express lane.
—Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 18 July 2024
Related Articles Drivers fined $42 million in eight months for express lane violations
A coalition of pro-transit advocacy groups and the caucus of mayors from 38 Colorado cities have backed the campaign.
—Bruce Finley, The Denver Post, 2 July 2024
Interstate 275 commuters were expecting traffic relief last fall when Ohio Department of Transportation crews were supposed to be done installing an express lane.
—Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 29 Apr. 2024
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“Express lane.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/express%20lane. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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