A bridge loan for public transit? Lawmakers seek temporary toll hike on Bay Area spans

Motorists would pay $1.50 more for five years starting in 2024 to prevent drastic cuts to BART, Muni and others

by Olivia Wynkoop, Bay City News June 27, 2023June 26, 2023

Traffic flows across the San Mateo Bridge on April 24, 2008. Tolls on this and six other Bay Area bridges could increase by $1.50 starting next year under state legislation that would enact a temporary toll hike to offset budget shortfalls faced by the region's transit agencies in the wake of the pandemic. (Jason/Flickr, CC BY-NC)

Public transportation advocates and Bay Area lawmakers like State Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, are pushing for a new bridge toll increase to bolster public transportation funding and prevent drastic service cuts.

Introduced on Monday, Senate Bill 532 would impose a temporary toll increase of $1.50 on seven Bay Area bridges for five years, starting in 2024.

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