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State-Owned Bridges
The table below provides the most recent data on peak period FasTrak™ usage on the seven state-owned bridges
| Peak Period FasTrak™ Usage on State-Owned Bridges |
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2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
| |
Jan-Mar |
Apr-Jun |
Jul-Sep |
Oct-Dec |
Jan-Mar |
Apr-Jun |
Jul-Sep |
Oct-Dec |
Jan-Mar |
Apr-Jun |
Jul-Sep |
Oct-Dec |
Jan-Mar |
Apr-Jun |
Jul-Sep |
Oct-Dec |
| Antioch Bridge (PM peak) |
18.62% |
17.78% |
17.52% |
18.43% |
21.48% |
20.68% |
18.85% |
19.83% |
21.00% |
20.42% |
25.97% |
31.53% |
33.20%
|
- |
- |
- |
| Benicia-Martinez Bridge (PM peak) |
29.65% |
28.37% |
28.64% |
29.40% |
31.91% |
31.22% |
28.17% |
28.76% |
29.94% |
31.06% |
37.26% |
42.44%
|
42.97%
|
- |
- |
- |
| Carquinez Bridge (PM peak) |
28.07% |
27.75% |
27.81% |
28.19% |
29.86% |
29.49% |
26.28% |
27.17% |
28.37% |
28.48% |
35.35% |
34.92%
|
34.82%
|
- |
- |
- |
| Dumbarton Bridge (AM peak) |
36.92% |
37.07% |
36.81% |
37.88% |
39.87% |
39.47% |
37.47% |
37.84% |
38.95% |
39.16% |
49.70% |
43.11%
|
43.94%
|
- |
- |
- |
| Richmond-San Rafael Bridge (AM peak) |
30.18% |
29.03% |
28.83% |
30.90% |
32.63% |
31.95% |
29.67% |
30.52% |
31.76% |
30.82% |
36.57% |
40.44%
| 41.15%
|
- |
- |
- |
| San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (PM peak) |
21.76% |
22.41% |
23.61% |
25.50% |
28.12% |
27.96% |
26.69% |
28.29% |
29.28% |
29.48% |
35.89% |
36.66%
| 37.27%
|
- |
- |
- |
| San Mateo-Hayward Bridge (AM peak) |
26.62% |
26.61% |
28.02% |
30.33% |
31.99% |
32.38% |
30.58% |
31.18% |
32.50% |
33.84% |
42.92% |
38.36%
| 39.02%
|
- |
- |
- |
| All Bridges |
25.36% |
25.86% |
26.75% |
28.20% |
30.17% |
29.99% |
28.27% |
29.33% |
30.47% |
30.87% |
38.22% |
36.51%
| 36.88%
|
- |
- |
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Golden Gate Bridge
By the early 1970s, GGBHTD was involved in pioneering the development of Electronic
Toll Collection (ETC) systems aimed at increasing traffic flow by reducing toll transaction
time. Working closely with the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association, the
District conducted extensive ETC research and development and several early systems were
tested by GGBHTD transit buses, maintenance, and administrative vehicles. By 1990, with
ETC technology sufficiently advanced, $1 million was budgeted for an ETC system for the
Bridge. However, before the system could be purchased, in September 1990, California
Senate Bill 1523 was passed requiring Caltrans to prepare ETC specifications for all
California bridges and toll roads, including the Golden Gate Bridge.
It took eight more years, but by 1998 Caltrans had developed the
necessary specifications for California ETC systems, dubbed “FasTrak™.” In October
1998, the GGBHTD Board awarded a contract for a new toll registry system, designed to be
compatible with ETC systems on Caltrans toll facilities, to InTrans Group, Roslyn
Heights, New York, NY. The contract called for the installation of new toll registry
system that provided equipment for both manual and ETC toll collection options in all 11
toll lanes. The system was funded with Golden Gate Bridge toll revenue and was fully
implemented on July 13, 2000.
For quarterly statistical data on total daily traffic using
FasTrak™ on the Golden Gate Bridge, please visit:
http://goldengatebridge.org/tolls_traffic/updatesMarketSummary.php.
For current updates about the Golden Gate Bridge FasTrak™
Program, please visit: http://goldengatebridge.org/tolls_traffic/fastraksystemtimeline.php.
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