Bay Area drivers using any of the region’s seven bridges will have to pay $1 more for their trip starting Jan. 1, according to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission.

The increase at the start of 2025 will be the third and final increase, but further increases could take place in the future — after voters approved Regional Measure 3 in June 2018 and State Senate Bill 595 passed the California Legislature in 2017. The first increase took effect Jan. 1 2019 and the second increase was implemented on January 1, 2022. The Commission is the transportation planning, financing and coordinating agency for the nine counties of the Bay Area San Francisco.

Two-axle cars, trucks and motorcycles will have to pay $8 instead of $7 next year to cross the San Francisco-Oakland Bay, Antioch, Benicia-Martinez, Carquinez, Dumbarton, Richmond-San Rafael and San Mateo bridges. Hayward. THE The Golden Gate Bridge operates on its own toll schedule and raised its tolls earlier this year.

Vehicles with three or more axles will also have to pay $1 more to cross these bridges. Three-axle vehicles will have to pay $18; those with four axles will have to pay $23; those with five axles will have to pay $28, those with six axles will have to pay $33; and vehicles with seven axles or more will have to pay $38.

These increases aren’t the only hikes drivers could face in the coming years: The Bay Area Toll Authority is taking into account tolls which could go up to $11.50 for two-axle vehicles by 2030.

The Regional Measure 3 spending plan includes several highway and public transportation improvements. Projects include improvements to Highway 37 in North Bay, an improved connection between northbound US 101 and the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge in Marin County, improvements to the Dumbarton Bridge corridor and interchange improvements highways in Alameda, Contra Costa and Solano counties.

The money will also be used to purchase more new BART cars and fund the expansion of the Berryessa BART system in downtown San Jose and Santa Clara, extending the Caltrain corridor to the Salesforce Transit Center in downtown San Francisco, and extending the SMART rail system to Windsor and Healdsburg in Sonoma County . Finally, the funds will also go to the San Francisco Bay Ferry Service and provide more frequent transbay bus service.

Discounts will still be applied to motorcycles, eligible carpools, eligible clean air vehicles crossing one of the state-owned toll bridges, and two-axle vehicles crossing more than one bridge during weekday travel hours from 5:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. and from 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. 7 p.m.

The reduced toll for motorcycles, eligible carpools and clean air vehicles crossing these bridges during weekday rush hours will increase to $4 from the current cost of $3.50. Qualified pilots must use FasTrak to pay their tolls electronically and use a carpool lane at each toll station to receive the discount.

Drivers crossing more than one toll bridge during the same weekday travel hours will be eligible for a 50-cent discount. The discount is applied to their second toll crossing of the day. All eligible carpools, motorcycles and clean air vehicles making a second peak toll crossing in one day will also receive an additional 25 cents off.

New FasTrak customers can get toll tags at Costco and select Walgreens stores in Northern California. Customers can also sign up and register online at the FasTrak website or by phone by calling 1-877-229-8655 or by calling 511 and asking for “FasTrak” at the first prompt, or by visiting in person the FasTrak Customer Service Center at 375 Beale Street in San Francisco.