On Tuesday, November 27th, the members of the Treasure Island Mobility Management Agency Committee will review the latest steps in crafting a comprehensive transportation program for Treasure Island, which is expected to see an influx of thousands of new residents and workers starting in mid-2021 when new buildings open.
Rather than asking residents, workers, developments and employers to have to cherrypick which transit services they might want to use, and buy multiple tickets or passes for each color vehicle, the program bundles the logical set of services into one understandable transit package usable with Clipper.
For an island with limited road access and an easy-to-reach transit customer base, the tolling proposal is an even stronger incentive to use nondriving options than the growing regional network of managed lanes. Tolls are proposed to be charged for passenger carpools and motor cycles, but transit vehicles, shuttles, vanpools and bicycles would be exempt. Â The price at launch is proposed to be $3.50 peak, $1 offpeak, and $1 weekend.
TIMMA board members are the members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, with a special role to focus on Treasure Island, authorized by custom legislation allowing the City to charge the tolls and invest the funds in transportation services for TI residents, workers, and visitors).
After feedback Tuesday morning, the program will be brought back to the board for approval in December 2018.  Tuesday's meeting is scheduled for 11:00 AM, Room 250, San Francisco City Hall. You can send comments or questions to  treasure-island@sfcta.org.
The program doesn't just charge for driving to discourage traffic congestion, it reinvests the funds into a packaged suite of mobility services and equity programs, so that people of all income levels who choose not to drive can make those choices conveniently and affordably.
Why is car toll lower than bus fare? Let's start with car toll being double the bus fare so incentive to use a bus or ferry is always there. It also encourages carpooling.