The controversial proposal could have helped fund the Bay Area’s financially strapped transit system–including BART, Muni and other agencies–by raising Bay Area bridge tolls $1.50.
Efforts to pass a controversial bill to fund the Bay Area’s financially strapped transit system–including BART, Muni and other agencies–by raising Bay Area bridge tolls by $1.50 are being put on pause amid weak legislative support, State Sen. Scott Wiener announced Monday.
The proposal also faced criticism from regional observers, local members of Congress and some of Wiener’s own colleagues. Critics said it was unfair to pass the cost of diminished ridership onto bridge drivers and that the fare hike would disproportionately impact low- and moderate-income residents. The Bay Area Council, a public-policy advocacy organization that adamantly opposes SB352, referred to the pause as “a good step” and said that operational reforms “must be the first and only priority for addressing transit system challenges.”
Although additional state funding this year will help avert a fiscal cliff that could cut services imminently, potentially shuttering BART lines and removing buses, service cuts are still possible as soon as 2025 without a reliable funding mechanism.
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