Golden Gate Bridge tolls will climb to $9.75 for many drivers this weekend, while bus and ferry riders will also pay more for fares.
The Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District will hike its bus and ferry fares by 25 cents beginning Saturday as a part of a. The fares will continue to increase by 25 cents per year for the next four years.
“Our board is going through a strategic planning process as we speak and may begin the conversation about a new toll program after that process is completed,” said Paolo Cosulich-Schwartz, a spokesperson for the district. “Any new toll proposal would also include a conversation with the public and outreach similar to past toll programs.”
The toll hike on Saturday will be the last in a five-year plan the bridge district’s board adopted in 2019. The plan sought to bolster ferry and bus service as well as cover a projected $74 million deficit at the time caused by inflation, rising pension and benefits costs and ongoing bridge projects.
Denis Mulligan, general manager of the district, said these reductions have reduced revenues by about $1 million per week. In response, the agency has cut bus and ferry services but has added back some services through the years as riders have returned.Some services have not recovered, however. Only about 20% of the district’s express commuter bus service into downtown San Francisco is operating as companies abandon office buildings in favor of remote working, according to Mulligan.
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