UPDATE: A bill that would raise the toll on Bay Area bridges for a five-year period to fund public transportation passed Wednesday evening.
"Raising tolls over and over and over again every time the transit agencies say they're short of money is a fool-hearted strategy," said Bay Area Council President and CEO Jim Wunderman.
The Bay Area Council also points out what it sees as disparities in transportation, including that those individuals who drive across the bridge and pay tolls are statistically lower income, have lower levels of education and are disproportionately people of color. Also that many workers are already struggling with the high cost of living in the Bay Area, and this could contribute to more residents leaving the region and further taxing commuters will undermine efforts to bring more employees and visitors to struggling downtowns."When the tolls start to get up to this level, it becomes material," said Wunderman.
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