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Transportation officials reminded San Francisco Bay Area drivers on Wednesday, December 1, that tolls will be increasing on New Year's Day, reports CBS SF.
The Bay Area Toll Authority said the $1 increase will go into effect on the region's seven state-owned toll bridges. However, it will not impact commuters using the Golden Gate Bridge.
This is the second of three $1 toll increase approved by the state legislature in 2017 and by voters through Regional Measure 3 in June 2018.
Regular tolls for two-axle cars, trucks and motorcycles at the San Francisco-Oakland Bay, Antioch, Benicia-Martinez, Carquinez, Dumbarton, Richmond-San Rafael, and San Mateo-Hayward bridges will rise from the current $6 to $7.
According to transit officials, the approximately $4.5 billion generated by the increase will help fund improvements to State Route 37 in the North Bay, freeway interchange improvements in Alameda, Contra Costa, and Solano counties, the purchase of new BART cars, and extension of the BART system from Berryessa to downtown San Jose and Santa Clara, and other projects.