Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Bridge Tolls

GG Bridge Toll Hikes Approved 15-2, Supes Campos and Breed Opposed

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 3, 2014 | 24 Comments

When the plan for much-needed toll hikes on the Golden Gate Bridge was approved Friday, the only opponents on the GG Bridge Highway and Transportation District Board of Directors were Supervisors David Campos and London Breed. All other 15 members who voted, including Marin County reps, apparently understood the need to fund rising infrastructure costs for […]

Despite Service Cuts, GG Transit Fare Hikes Are Outpacing Bridge Tolls

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 6, 2012 | 20 Comments

As it does every year, the Golden Gate Transportation District Board of Directors is set approve another 5 percent fare hike this week in its budget for the next fiscal year. But bridge tolls don’t appear to be keeping pace with rising transit fares — a pattern that GGTHD board member and transit advocate Dave […]

Reporters, Upset Over Bridge Toll Increase, Get Weird And Whiny

By Matthew Roth | Jun 30, 2010 | 24 Comments

Photo: Mrs. Gemstone The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), the Bay Area’s transportation planning body and the administrator of bridge tolls, managed a feat very nearly impossible today: They got the Bay Guardian and the Chronicle to agree on something. Namely, writers for both papers hate the idea of increased tolls on the region’s bridges starting […]