I-680 Express Lane to Open for Business Aug. 20
Southbound Tolling to Begin from Martinez by way of Walnut Creek
SAN FRANCISCO, July 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) today introduced that tolling operations for the new 11-mile Express Lane together southbound Interstate 680 from Martinez by way of Walnut Creek will start off at 5 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 20. By linking with the present Convey Lane from Rudgear Street in Walnut Creek to Alcosta Blvd. in San Ramon, this will develop a constant 22-mile southbound I-680 Categorical Lane by way of Contra Costa County.
The extend of I-680 from Marina Vista Blvd. in Martinez to Rudgear Street at present operates as a classic carpool lane. Tolling regulations incorporate:
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All automobiles ought to have a FasTrak® toll tag to use the Specific Lanes
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Carpools with two or far more folks, vanpools, buses and motorcycles vacation toll-totally free with a FasTrak Flex toll tag established to the 2 or 3+ position
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Solo drivers of suitable cleanse-air motor vehicles (CAVs) pay fifty percent-cost tolls with a FasTrak CAV toll tag. Suitable CAVs are people with red, purple, orange or blue decals and
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Other solo motorists spend the total toll to use the Categorical Lanes with either a conventional FasTrak toll tag or a FasTrak Flex tag established to the 1 place.
Running hours for Specific Lanes are weekdays from 5 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tolls rise as website traffic boosts and tumble as traffic declines. Electronic signals more than the roadway display the toll premiums for a variety of places. Clients constantly pay back the toll exhibited when they enter the Express Lane, even if toll premiums transform throughout their journey. Toll-paying prospects shell out for every single toll zone they enter. There are five southbound toll zones from Martinez to San Ramon.
Convey Lanes are built to continue to keep website traffic relocating reliably with no congestion, and to encourage travelers to carpool or use transit to get a cost-free and more rapidly trip. Motorists can check out 511.org to find out anything they want to know to use Bay Place Convey Lanes, how to uncover a carpool match, and how to signal up for FasTrak.
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Source Metropolitan Transportation Commission