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Tolling begins on Highway 101 express lanes between South San Francisco and Sunnyvale

Lanes will be in effect on weekdays from 5 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Map of tolling on U.S. Highway 101 express lanes between South San Francisco and Sunnyvale. Solo drivers who want to use the express lane must have a standard FasTrak or a FasTrak Flex toll tag, while carpoolers and motorcycles must have the FasTrak Flex toll tag to travel at a discount. Courtesy 511 via Bay City News.

Tolling began Friday morning on new U.S. Highway 101 express lanes between South San Francisco and Sunnyvale.

The new lanes will be running on Highway 101 on weekdays from 5 a.m. to 8 p.m. between Interstate Highway 380 in South San Francisco and North Mathilda Avenue in Sunnyvale.

Solo drivers who want to use the express lane must have a standard FasTrak or a FasTrak Flex toll tag, while carpoolers and motorcycles must have the FasTrak Flex toll tag set in the proper position to travel at a discount.

The lanes, constructed by Caltrans in partnership with the San Mateo County Transportation Authority and the City/County Association of Governments of San Mateo County, are meant to encourage carpooling or transit use as well as to improve travel times and reduce congestion on the highway.

More details about the project can be found at smcexpresslanes.org.

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Tolling begins on Highway 101 express lanes between South San Francisco and Sunnyvale

Lanes will be in effect on weekdays from 5 a.m. to 8 p.m.

by Bay City News Service /

Uploaded: Mon, Mar 6, 2023, 11:22 am

Tolling began Friday morning on new U.S. Highway 101 express lanes between South San Francisco and Sunnyvale.

The new lanes will be running on Highway 101 on weekdays from 5 a.m. to 8 p.m. between Interstate Highway 380 in South San Francisco and North Mathilda Avenue in Sunnyvale.

Solo drivers who want to use the express lane must have a standard FasTrak or a FasTrak Flex toll tag, while carpoolers and motorcycles must have the FasTrak Flex toll tag set in the proper position to travel at a discount.

The lanes, constructed by Caltrans in partnership with the San Mateo County Transportation Authority and the City/County Association of Governments of San Mateo County, are meant to encourage carpooling or transit use as well as to improve travel times and reduce congestion on the highway.

More details about the project can be found at smcexpresslanes.org.

Learn more about the express lanes through our FAQ.

Comments

merry
Registered user
Palo Alto Hills
on Mar 6, 2023 at 12:45 pm
merry, Palo Alto Hills
Registered user
on Mar 6, 2023 at 12:45 pm

Tolling is a fraud. We do not have public transport. Few are going to same destination. They have robbed our freeway lanes
To make us miserable.
Hope this experiment doesn’t kast


merry
Registered user
Palo Alto Hills
on Mar 6, 2023 at 12:48 pm
merry, Palo Alto Hills
Registered user
on Mar 6, 2023 at 12:48 pm

I meant to say last


Old PA Resident
Registered user
Old Palo Alto
on Mar 6, 2023 at 1:00 pm
Old PA Resident, Old Palo Alto
Registered user
on Mar 6, 2023 at 1:00 pm

Cannot believe this is happening. It's a regressive tax, hurts the people who can least afford it (those who cannot afford to live nearby and commute to work). There must be better ways to encourage public transport (for example, make some better options available). We paid for that carpool lane through taxes. How can it now be legally changed into a toll lane? Makes me sick whenever I see it, fancy expensive cars zipping along while all the rest are slowed up.


toransu
Registered user
Barron Park
on Mar 6, 2023 at 2:51 pm
toransu, Barron Park
Registered user
on Mar 6, 2023 at 2:51 pm

Love having a lane for the rich to use all to themselves while the plebs get to sit in traffic! "We all have the same 24 hours!" they say as they speed past us in their Teslas, on the phones with their assistants to do tasks for them.


MyFeelz
Registered user
another community
on Mar 6, 2023 at 3:01 pm
MyFeelz, another community
Registered user
on Mar 6, 2023 at 3:01 pm

I loved the construction signs, saying "your tax dollars at work". I paid to build it, and now I'm gonna pay to drive on it.


Mondoman
Registered user
Green Acres
on Mar 6, 2023 at 5:23 pm
Mondoman, Green Acres
Registered user
on Mar 6, 2023 at 5:23 pm

Another step to allow the wealthy to escape poor government services that the general population has to contend with. As noted above, in this case apparently subsidized by the general driving population.

One wonders, if a plebian wanders into the Lexus Lane and happens to have a breakdown blocking the lane for some hours, is there any extra toll/fee?


Bystander
Registered user
Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Mar 6, 2023 at 7:48 pm
Bystander, Another Palo Alto neighborhood
Registered user
on Mar 6, 2023 at 7:48 pm

Some guy interviewed on tv said that he paid $25 from San Jose to S. San Francisco. Crazy.


Don
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Menlo Park
on Mar 6, 2023 at 10:55 pm
Don, Menlo Park
Registered user
on Mar 6, 2023 at 10:55 pm

This is politicians at work coming up with more idea on while to take your money until they're getting 75 percent of all your hard earned money. Check your car insurance that's next.


merry
Registered user
Palo Alto Hills
on Mar 7, 2023 at 4:39 am
merry, Palo Alto Hills
Registered user
on Mar 7, 2023 at 4:39 am

How do we stop this madness?


Anonymous
Registered user
Duveneck/St. Francis
on Mar 7, 2023 at 12:30 pm
Anonymous, Duveneck/St. Francis
Registered user
on Mar 7, 2023 at 12:30 pm

Yes - this is the scheming of our current crop of CA state politicians. Just another way to milk us.


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