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his morning I am pretending to be a tourist in my home town and I have booked a tour to Alcatraz Island. Of course, the only way to get there is by boat. I am taking the first ferry out in the morning to avoid many of "other tourists." I am certain I am going to be late because, despite leaving an hour before the departure time, I am stuck in very bad traffic. But I have two things that happen to aid in my timely arrival. One is that I take an Uber (so I save time not having to find parking ) and the second is that my driver takes the carpool lane...even though he is not supposed to (we are two in a car and across the Bay Bridge the law is three).