A bill that would raise the toll on Bay Area bridges for a five-year period to fund public transportation has its first committee hearing Wednesday. The bill is receiving pushback from the Bay Area Council.
SB 532 would raise tolls on seven state-owned Bay Area bridges by $1.50 from January 2024 through December 2028. The toll increase would fund public transportation improvements."No one wants to pay higher tolls myself included but the question here is are we going to continue to have viable public transportation in the Bay Area," said Wiener.
The Bay Area Council also points out what it sees as disparities in transportation, including that those individuals who drive across the bridge and pay tolls are statistically lower income, have lower levels of education and are disproportionately people of color. Also that many workers are already struggling with the high cost of living in the Bay Area, and this could contribute to more residents leaving the region and further taxing commuters will undermine efforts to bring more employees and visitors to struggling downtowns."When the tolls start to get up to this level, it becomes material," said Wunderman.
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