Radical changes are afoot for toll collection on Bay Area bridges, where drivers will soon pay up to $10 for each crossing.
The next round of rate hikes in January will also usher in a tiered system, with FasTrak users charged $1 less than those paying by invoice. Motorists who stick transponder tags in their windshields will pay $9 each time they pass through a toll plaza on one of the region’s seven state-owned bridges. People with pre-paid license plate accounts will pay $9.25, while those who receive an invoice in the mail will get the high $10 fee.
Officials hope that stratified pricing will nudge more people into the FasTrak program, which costs less to manage than other forms of payment…