SF peninsula threatens $12/day retaliation toll against SF

[Newsjock]

Source: San Jose Mercury News

With San Francisco officials poised to consider rolling out a not-so-friendly welcome mat to commuters from the south -- a $6 daily toll -- fuming San Mateo County leaders have threatened to enact their own toll of $12 a day for San Francisco residents to enter the Peninsula from the north.

Instigating what one Peninsula politician said would be a "border war," some San Mateo County officials said they would try to implement a toll to enter the county from the north during rush hour if San Francisco enacts a similar entrance fee for its city. The threat by Peninsula leaders is an effort to persuade San Francisco leaders to shelve their plan.

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors, acting as the city's transportation authority, will vote Tuesday on whether to launch a study of the toll program that, if later approved by city and state leaders, would take effect in 2015.

Under the plan, all drivers would pay $3 upon entering or exiting San Francisco from the south via highways and major local streets from 6:30 to 9:30 a.m. and another $3 from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. The tolls would be collected electronically and capped at $6 a day, with San Francisco officials controlling revenues estimated at up to $80 million annually.

Read more: http://www.mercurynews.com/san-mateo-county/ci_16844023

[still_one]

1. It is a dumb tax, but San Mateo is stupid too. They had a choice to have Bart come through the

peninsula, and they voted it down. 25/30 years later that cost is significantly more, and if those in the peninsula had Bart coming through then, this wouldn't be an issue

[Sal Minella]

2. "Bart" = Bay Area Rapid Transit, for them as what ain't there. n/t