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TRANSACTIONS NEWSLETTER ONLINE

June/July 2004

Facts & Figures:
Usage of FasTrak® on Caltrans Toll Bridges in the Bay Area — 2003

Bridge
All Traffic (Average Daily) FasTrak® Traffic (Average Daily) FasTrak® Percentage (Average Daily) FasTrak® Percentage (Peak Period)
Antioch
6,720
1,245
18.5%
20.2%
Benicia-Martinez
51,196
13,576
26.5%
30.0%
Carquinez
61,586
14,241
23.1%
28.2%
Dumbarton
34,910
9,040
25.9%
38.7%
Richmond-San Rafael
37,083
12,698
34.2%
31.2%
San Francisco-Oakland Bay
135,114
29,891
22.1%
27.8%
San Mateo-Hayward
47,467
11, 144
23.5%
31.5%
Total
All Bridges
374,076
91,835
24.5%
29.4%

In 2003, some 25 percent of the 1.5 million vehicles crossing the region’s seven Caltrans toll bridges each day paid their toll electronically via a FasTrak® transponder, with peak-hour usage approaching 30 percent. The MTC-run Bay Area Toll Authority hopes to boost usage to a level closer to that seen on the Golden Gate Bridge (run by a special district), where approximately 70 percent of the vehicles crossing during the morning peak period use FasTrak®. See the related story.

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