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Drivers will have to pay another dollar to cross the Golden Gate Bridge starting Tuesday. The toll increase approved in July means automobile drivers paying cash will owe $6 instead of $5. Drivers using the electronic payment system FasTrak will pay $5...
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Of those, 50.13 percent favored some type of barrier, and 49.87 percent opposed it. Adding an 8-foot-tall vertical fencing system to the existing 4-foot-tall hand rail was the most popular option among people who supported a barrier. That was followed...
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But those who use the span may not entirely be off the hook: a "seismic surcharge" to help finance the $1 billion-plus reconstruction of Doyle Drive is being bandied about. It would last an undetermined number of years and then be discontinued, and it...
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A new license plate aimed at friends of the environment was introduced in San Francisco Tuesday. It was unveiled Tuesday at Crissy Field on the back of a fuel-efficient "smart" car. The plates feature an image of the Golden Gate Bridge and the tag ine...
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The board is considering 5.56-percent rate increases for Bay City Refuse, Mill Valley Refuse Service, Marin Sanitary Service and Ratto Group. The proposed rate hikes correspond with a county move to increase the franchise fees it charges the haulers.
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The Golden Gate Bridge District on Friday morning is expected to give final approval to a plan that will hike tolls on the span by a dollar. The district's finance committee on Thursday agreed to increase the toll to $6 for cash paying motorists and $5...
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The bridge that was supposed to be toll free when it was built is about to have its toll increased yet another dollar. Motorists currently pay $5 cash or $4 with FasTrak but that may change on September 1st. The increase would go towards easing the...
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Motorists, who now pay a $5 cash and $4 FasTrak toll all hours of the day, would pay $1 more beginning Sept. 1 to help erase the district's five-year, $91 million deficit. The district's Finance-Auditing Committee agreed to increase the toll, though no...
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The Golden Gate Bridge District's Board of Directors got an earful on Wednesday night over not one, but two proposed toll hikes...With gas prices already through the roof, Golden Gate commuters are not happy. It could be as much as a $2 toll hike, which...
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Authorities will check pedestrians' bags large enough to hold banners or signs because Monday's protesters carried flags and banners onto the span that they unfurled after scaling the cables. Officers will monitor all sidewalks leading to the bridge
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