Bay Area Express Lanes

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) today announced that tolling operations for the new 11-mile Express Lane along southbound Interstate 680 from Martinez through Walnut Creek will begin...

Bay Area Express Lanes: Reward high occupancy vehicles Improve enforcement to reduce carpool lane violations Provide a choice to solo drivers to pay for a faster trip

What are Managed Lanes? For Bay Area drivers, these are traditional carpool lanes and express lanes. For traffic engineers, “managed lanes” refer to any lanes on a freeway set aside from general...

Work crews will begin installing the final Express Lanes signs along Interstate 880 in Alameda County as MTC and Caltrans gear up for the October opening of new Express Lanes between Oakland and the...

As the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) and the Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA) prepare for the early 2021 start of Express Lane operations on an 11-mile stretch of southbound...

The California Transportation Foundation (CTF) this week named MTC Chair Scott Haggerty as its Person of the Year, recognizing the longtime Alameda County Supervisor during its 31st annual...

In light of steadily rising traffic volumes on Bay Area freeways as shelter-in-place restrictions prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic begin to ease, the region’s three Express Lane operators — the...

Work crews this week completed the striping of new lane configurations on Interstate 880 in Alameda County as the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) and Caltrans gear up for the expected...

In light of dramatically reduced traffic levels on Bay Area freeways following this week’s declarations of shelter-in-place orders around the region, and because the promotion of carpooling is...

MTC invites Bay Area residents to learn about and comment on proposed changes to Express Lane toll policy during a public comment period from Nov. 18 to Dec.18, 2019.