Despite public resistance and concerns about budget transparency, the Bay Area Toll Authority approved new toll increases for the region's seven bridges, adding to an existing increase scheduled for 2025.
The Bay Area Toll Authority approved new toll increases for Bay Area bridges on Wednesday, tacking on new charges for 2026 — despite an increase already set to start in 2025, as well as commissioners’ concerns about budget transparency, and resistance from the public. The increases, approved by voters as part of Regional Measure 3 in 2018, will go from $7 to $8 for two-axle cars and trucks and motorcycles driving across any of the seven bridges in the Bay Area .
Drivers of vehicles with three or more axles will also see their tolls increase by a dollar. The increases approved Wednesday would mean that bridge tolls for double-axle vehicles will increase by 50 cents annually from 2026 to 2030. This means drivers of two-axle vehicles or motorcycles in 2030 will have to pay $10.50 for their commute across the Antioch, Benicia-Martinez, Carquinez, Dumbarton, Richmond-San Rafael, San Mateo-Hayward or San Francisco-Oakland Bay bridges. The Golden Gate Bridge, connecting San Francisco and Marin County, operates its own toll schedule. Most commissioners of the Toll Authority, who are also members of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, approved the resolution, with just one abstention from Alameda Mayor Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft. Drivers of vehicles with three or more axles will also see prices increase: In 2026, they will pay $19.50, an increase of $1.50 from the $18 they are expected to pay in 2025, with increases of $2 for four-axle vehicles, $2.50 for five-axle vehicles, $3 for six-axle vehicles. An additional $3.50 will be charged for vehicles of seven or more axles, bringing their total fare to a whopping $41.50. Tolls for those vehicles will increase at their respective rates yearly until 2030. Andrew Fremier, executive director of the commission, said the revenue earned from the toll increases will help maintain the bridges and minimize annual financial burdens
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