Bay Bridge Tolls to increase

[algs26]

If they were to make carpool 3+ free, it'd be magic how many more people carpooled...

I get a bunch of free rides across NY bridges because of the carpool discount on their tolls ($10+).

 

[sjuels]

My youngest was just this morning, trying to calculate the revenue of the Bay bridge, based on his observation of number of cars through per minute - his calcs were over $400k/day.
Pretty decent business, but then again with the cost overruns of the new span (6.4 billions) it will still take them decades to pay it off.

/Soren

 

[moto-rama]

Maybe the trick is to only travel East on the Bay Bridge, North on the Golden Gate, and East on the Richmond. Always free!

 

[mean dad]

Fastrak uses transponders, I don't know what for. The actual billing involves a picture of your license plate being converted to text and then referencing a database for the correct toll to charge. A few years ago there was a trick ... The end result was no charge.

I know a few tricks for crossing the bridges on a bike for free. You know how they stay that way?

BECAUSE I DON'T POST THEM.

 

[EEEliminator]

FYI BART fares automatically increase with inflation, no public comment or voting involved. If you want to gripe about regressive taxation you’d better start there because the half a million people who cross the Bay on BART every morning are poorer than the people driving cars across the bridge.

While I agree, BART is still way cheaper into SF, when I worked in SF a few years ago daily parking was around $35/day for a car and more if it was an "over sized" vehicle. Not including the aggravation of SF traffic, all the miles put on your vehicle, vandalism/hit & run, etc... BART fares are fairly reasonable, generally less than I would spend in gas for the same trip (I don't drive a Prius).

For me...

Driving:
Gas = $15
Toll = $7
Parking = $35
Wear & Tear/Maint = ?
Minimum Total = $57/Day!

BART:
Round trip fair = $10
Parking = $3
Gas = $4
Total = $17

I work in Oakland now and BART still makes more sense, it is cheaper than riding my motorcycle when you factor in tires and maintenance. I ride whenever I can since I enjoy riding over riding the train.

 

[TheRiddler]

While I agree, BART is still way cheaper into SF, when I worked in SF a few years ago daily parking was around $35/day for a car and more if it was an "over sized" vehicle. Not including the aggravation of SF traffic, all the miles put on your vehicle, vandalism/hit & run, etc... BART fares are fairly reasonable, generally less than I would spend in gas for the same trip (I don't drive a Prius).

For me...

Driving:
Gas = $15
Toll = $7
Parking = $35
Wear & Tear/Maint = ?
Minimum Total = $57/Day!

BART:
Round trip fair = $10
Parking = $3
Gas = $4
Total = $17

I work in Oakland now and BART still makes more sense, it is cheaper than riding my motorcycle when you factor in tires and maintenance. I ride whenever I can since I enjoy riding over riding the train.

That's all fine when there's a BART station anywhere near where you live and/or work. Closest BART station to me is over a bridge and further than my work.