Public Invited to Comment on Proposed Toll Lane Changes
The Bay Area Infrastructure Financing Authority (BAIFA) will hold a webinar tonight and a hearing on May 9, 2025, to solicit public comments on proposed changes to tolls on express lanes in the Bay Area. You can submit comments until 5 p.m. on May 9 by emailing [email protected].
New charges, new toll lanes
BAIFA is a joint powers authority between the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) and the Bay Area Toll Authority. The changes in this proposal include:
- Confirm the end of toll discounts for clean air vehicles such as EVs
- Increase the minimum toll per zone from $0.50 to $0.75 for all BAIFA Express Lanes
- Add tolling to the new Solano County I-80 express lanes coming to Fairfield and Vacaville
- Extend the time of tolling pilots
- Extend the toll zones on 680 to close an express lane gap.
Transform’s work includes developing policy on equitable tolling. Toll lanes can help reduce congestion and air pollution, while also providing funding for other forms of transportation, such as public transit, biking, and walking. Public participation is essential to ensure equity is at the heart of both program design, expenditures, and process.
Public input on the toll changes is essential to creating tolling and express lane policies that benefit all road users without disproportionately impacting low-income residents. You can learn more at the webinar, 6:30 p.m. on April 23, on Zoom. You can comment in person at the hearing on May 9 at 9:35 am via Zoom or attend in person at the Bay Area Metro Center, Board Room, First Floor, San Francisco.
You can also submit a written comment. Email [email protected] or mail comments to:
MTC Public Information Office
375 Beale Street, Suite 800
San Francisco, CA 94105
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