SF News New BATA Proposal Has Some Bridge Tolls Rising to $11.50 By 2030 Under a recently released proposal from BATA, commuters would begin to see gradual increases to their toll payments starting in 2026 if the plan goes through.
SF News Oakland Moves to Clear Encampment at Toll Plaza Beach, Displacing About a Dozen As officials warned they would do in recent weeks, police and Public Works staffers arrived Tuesday morning to do a sweep at an encampment near the Bay Bridge Toll Plaza that had grown to around a dozen residents.
SF News Avoid Being Scammed By Fake FasTrak Texts Telling You to Pay Penalties Bay Area drivers should know that a scam has been going around involving fake websites posing as the FasTrak toll system trying to extract payments from people.
SF News Wiener Proposes $1.50 Bridge Toll Hike To Save Public Transit From ‘Fiscal Cliff’ With Muni at risk of slashing 20 lines and BART threatening to eliminate weekend service, state Senator Scott Wiener hopes to eliminate their deficits with a $1.50 toll increase on seven Bay Area bridges.
SF News Starting Saturday It Will Cost Eight Bucks to Cross the Bay Bridge During Rush Hour With the new year comes a new hike in bridge tolls on seven state-owned bridges in the Bay Area. And this hike will put rush-hour tolls on the Bay Bridge at a whopping $8 per car — a 167% increase from the $3 we were paying in 2003.
SF News New Monthly Toll Invoices for Bay Area Bridges Start In January — With Penalties for Late Payment FasTrak Luddites beware! Starting at midnight on New Year's Eve, drivers without FasTrak tags or existing License Plate Accounts with the Bay Area Toll Authority will begin receiving monthly invoices for toll crossings on seven Bay Area bridges.
SF News Casual Carpooling In Crisis After Toll Increase Even though Bay Bridge drive-time tolls increased in July for both regular cars ($6) and carpools ($2.50), the fact that carpooling no longer means a free ride has meant fewer drivers queuing