(KRON) — The brand new yr is arising, and there might be elevated costs for bridge tolls and public transit fares in 2025.
All seven state-owned bridges within the Bay Space might be costlier to cross as soon as the clock hits midnight on Jan. 1. Here’s a checklist of adjustments for vacationers — whether or not it is by automobile or public transit — set to enter impact in 2025.
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BART
BART fares will improve by 5.5% beginning Jan. 1, 2025. That’s a median improve of about 25 cents — relying on the size of the journey.
Muni
Muni fares in San Francisco are additionally going up beginning Jan. 1, 2025. A single journey (utilizing a Clipper card) goes up from $2.50 to $2.75. Month-to-month passes for muni and cable automobile rides are rising from $81 to $85 per thirty days. Money fares for a single journey will stay at $3.
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San Francisco Bay Ferry
Fares for riders taking the ferry service will improve by 3% beginning July 1, 2025, a SF Bay Ferry spokesperson advised KRON4. That can apply to all routes.
Golden Gate Transit
Fares for the Golden Gate Bridge Freeway and Transportation District’s ferry and bus service will improve in the summertime of 2025. There might be a 25 cents improve for “most” ferry and bus rides beginning July, a GGBHTD spokesperson mentioned. There might be schedule adjustments for each the ferry and bus beginning mid-January.
Bridge Tolls
Tolls will improve for the Bay Space’s seven state-owned bridges in 2025. Right here is the checklist of the bridges wherein the toll will improve from $7 to $8 on Jan. 1, 2025.
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
Antioch Bridge
Benicia-Martinez Bridge
Carquinez Bridge
Dumbarton Bridge
Richmond-San Rafael Bridge
San Mateo-Hayward Bridge
The most recent improve comes three years after bridge tolls elevated to $7 in 2022. The Golden Gate Bridge just isn’t a part of this improve as a result of it’s not state-owned. That bridge underwent a toll improve this previous summer time.
Reductions for qualifying carpools, bikes and clean-air automobiles will go from $3.50 to $4.
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Clear Air Car Entry Ending in 2025
Closeup of Entry Okay, California Clear Air Car decal on the bumper of a black Toyota vehicle, indicating that the auto could drive in carpool lanes, Silicon Valley, San Jose, California, August 17, 2017. (Picture through Smith Assortment/Gado/Getty Pictures)
For the hundreds of single electrical automobile and hybrid drivers in California, they may not have entry to carpool lanes and reductions to bridge tolls. After Sept. 30, 2025, the California Clear Air Car program is about to run out.
The “clean air” decals seen on the bumpers of hundreds of Teslas, Prius vehicles and different low-emission automobiles on California roads will not grant these drivers particular privileges. This system started within the state in 1999 to encourage clear automobile possession.
