Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA)

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Bay Area FasTrak helps drivers easily pay for all Bay Area bridge tolls. FasTrak Flex® is a special kind of FasTrak toll tag that enables drivers to also use Bay Area Express Lanes. A FasTrak tag is a...

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December 3, 2024 update: The public comment period on the Bay Area Toll Authority's proposed toll increase and HOV policy changes is extended through the end of public comment heard on the agenda item...

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Beneath the western approach to the Bay Bridge on San Francisco's Rincon Hill, workers atop scaffolding in a makeshift, white-tarped tent are pounding wedges into the span's main suspension cables to...

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Early indications from the first five months of the MTC/Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA) Bay Area Toll Payment Plan – created to enable drivers who owe overdue tolls, fees and penalties get out of debt...

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MTC’s Bay Area Toll Authority Oversight Committee today approved an asset management policy and a set of objectives for the continued maintenance and operation of the Bay Area’s seven state-owned toll...

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The Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA) and the Golden Gate Bridge District today announced two new bridge toll assistance programs that will benefit customers from lower-income households as well as...

Why Do We Need the Open Road Tolling (ORT) Program? The ORT Program will replace the current, aging toll system with newer “toll gantry” technology that will be optimized to process all tolls...

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MTC this week unanimously endorsed legislation authored by state Assemblymember Phil Ting of San Francisco to make the penalties assessed by California toll agencies — including the Bay Area Toll...

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With the new year beginning as Friday night turns into Saturday morning, the Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA) reminds drivers that tolls at the region’s seven state-owned toll bridges will go up by $1...

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The annual installation of a festive holiday wreath above the Bay Bridge’s westbound Yerba Buena Island Tunnel portal greeted drivers early Tuesday morning. The Bay Area Toll Authority and Caltrans...