Regional Measure 2: the $1 Toll Increase for Transit

We Did It!

On March 2nd, 2004, Bay Area voters approved Regional Measure 2, the $1 bridge toll increase for transit. The toll increase now raises $125 million annually for transportation improvements designed to get commuters onto transit, thereby decreasing bridge traffic.

As a coalition, TransForm proposed or strongly supported many of the projects that now receive funding through the new bridge toll - a massively expanded express bus system, seismic retrofit of the BART tube, new All Nighter bus service, Caltrain downtown extension to a new Transbay terminal, Bus Rapid Transit service in the East Bay, and a new Safe Routes to Transit program.

Update: Threat to Measure 2 Funds is Resolved 

In August 2004, Governor Schwarzenegger had proposed to use the proceeds of Regional Measure 2 to pay for the cost overruns on the east span of the Bay Bridge. Thanks to all of our calls to the Governor, he withdrew his proposal.