Tolls

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Tolls on seven Bay Area bridges set to rise next month

December 1, 2021

With the new year just a month away, the Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA) reminds drivers that tolls at the region’s seven state-owned toll bridges will go up by $1 on Jan. 1, 2022. This will be the second of the three $1 toll increases approved by the Legislature in 2017 through state Senate Bill 595 and by voters through Regional Measure 3 in June 2018. The first of these toll hikes went into effect on Jan. 1, 2019. The last of the Regional Measure 3 toll increases will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2025. Read More

Transportation

I-680 Express Lane tolling has started

August 23, 2021

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) reminds travelers that tolling operations for the new 11-mile Express Lane along southbound Interstate 680 from Martinez through Walnut Creek have now started. Read More

Transportation Foundation names BATA Organization of the Year

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Mark Prado April 28, 2021

April 28, 2021

Cars travel west toward San Francisco on the upper deck of the Bay Bridge while SF's cityscape is in the background

The California Transportation Foundation (CTF) this month named the Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA) as its Organization of the Year as part of the CTF's 32nd annual Transportation Awards.

Transportation

New Year Brings New Toll Collection System to Bay Area Bridges

December 29, 2020

The Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA) this week announced that the start of 2021 will herald the launch of a new all-electronic toll collection system at the Antioch, Benicia-Martinez, Carquinez, Dumbarton, Richmond-San Rafael, San Francisco-Oakland Bay and San Mateo-Hayward bridges. Read More

Transportation

Golden Gate Bridge tolls increase July 1

June 29, 2020

Tolls on the Golden Gate Bridge will increase Wednesday, July 1. Read More

Transportation

Congestion pricing suspended at Bay Bridge

April 22, 2020

In light of the steep drop in vehicle traffic across the Bay Area’s seven state-owned toll bridges due to state and local shelter-in-place mandates during the ongoing COVID-19 health emergency, the Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA) today voted to suspend weekday congestion pricing — also known as time-of-day pricing — at the Bay Bridge toll plaza. Read More

Transportation

Wanted: Public input on express lane tolls

November 19, 2019

MTC will open its new I-880 Express Lanes in the summer of 2020. Express Lanes use tolling and technology to keep traffic moving for carpoolers, bus riders and solo drivers alike. The toll system is being installed now, and testing will begin in spring 2020. Read More

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