New carpool lane hours are coming next month to Highway 101 in Sonoma and Marin counties, Caltrans announced Wednesday. The update follows a previous, highly unpopular change to HOV hours in September, which contributed to congestion and delays through parts of Highway 101. “I think those hours are still a little off,” said DeLeon, who was commuting to a job site in Sunnyvale when the existing HOV lane hours were imposed in September. Caltrans’ trims of the existing carpool lane hours “aren’t meaningful enough,” said Schlunt, who remains puzzled – and angry – about why the hours were altered in the first place. That 3 p.m. start time for HOV lane hours “is still too early,” she said.