The Mercury News: Unjustified $2.50 Bay Area bridge toll hike, murky accounting should prompt state audit

When the Metropolitan Transportation Commission last month decided to permanently raise Bay Area bridge tolls by another $2.50, it was flying blind, lacking basic financial data to justify the increase.

That’s because the commission, which administers the region’s transportation and transit funding, comingles the bridge toll dollars. For example, it uses money that voters approved for transit and other transportation projects to instead provide bridge upkeep.

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