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Toll and Affordability Program
The toll and affordability program is under development. The toll will help manage congestion and help pay for expanded transit service and other transportation improvements.
Longtime Treasure Island residents
The TIMMA Board decided in 2019 that longtime Treasure Island residents will not pay the toll. This toll exemption means residents of the islands as of that date will be able to drive on or off the island any number of times at any time of day without paying the toll. Read the resolution approving a toll exemption for current Treasure Island residents (PDF).
Treasure Island businesses/workers
In 2021, the TIMMA Board approved an affordability program for businesses and workers on Treasure Island. Implementation of the affordability program would occur in conjunction with the implementation of the tolling program. The affordability program includes the following elements:
- Applies to all existing not-for-profit entities and existing food distribution and food service establishments
- Employers are provided a quarterly subsidy based on number of employees
- Employers should prioritize compensation for low-income employees
- Remaining balance may be used to compensate deliveries, vendors, visitors, and/or customers
- Employers may use the subsidy to add to a toll tag (FasTrak) balance or as cash payment
- Program will be evaluated and adjusted after 12 months in consultation with eligible employers
Read the resolution for the toll affordability program for businesses and workers (PDF).
Proposed Toll Hours, Rates and Discounts
In 2022, the TIMMA Committee considered a Toll and Affordability Program with the following key features:
- The toll would be in effect from 5 a.m. – 7 p.m. on weekdays and 8 a.m. – 8 p.m. on weekends
- Tolls would be discounted during off-peak periods
- Low Income drivers would receive a 50% discount
- Very Low Income drivers would be exempt from the toll
The Committee also considered variations on the system of discounts and exemptions based on residency.
The TIMMA Board and the public provided feedback that this proposed program was too complex to understand and to administer, and that it did not provide sufficient affordability benefits for the low income residents of Treasure Island.
Based on this feedback, the current concept is to reduce the base toll from $5 to $3 and to provide a $90 monthly stipend for residents of Treasure Island’s below-market rate homes. The monthly stipend could be used to offset the cost of the toll or other transportation expenses, or potentially other household expenses. This would lower the cost for all drivers, simplify the system, and focus benefits on low-income residents of Treasure Island. Longtime residents would continue to be exempt, per the 2019 policy.
Staff will discuss this concept with Treasure Island residents and other stakeholders before the program proposal is finalized.
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