Editing Golden Gate Bridge (section)

===Congestion pricing===
{{Further|San Francisco congestion pricing}}
[[File:Golden Gate Bridge SF CA North View.jpg|thumb|upright|Looking south]]

In March 2008, the Golden Gate Bridge District board approved a resolution to start [[congestion pricing]] at the Golden Gate Bridge, charging higher tolls during the peak hours, but rising and falling depending on traffic levels. This decision allowed the [[San Francisco Bay Area|Bay Area]] to meet the federal requirement to receive $158&nbsp;million in federal transportation funds from [[USDOT]] [[Urban Partnership Agreement|Urban Partnership]] grant.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sonomanews.com/articles/2008/05/30/news/doc482cdfd074f2a552247919.txt |title=GG Bridge tolls could top $7, June 11 meeting will set new rates |work=Sonoma Index-Tribune |author=Bolling, David |date=May 29, 2008 }}{{dead link|date=May 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> As a condition of the grant, the congestion toll was to be in place by September 2009.<ref>{{cite web |author=The San Francisco Chronicle |url=http://www.planetizen.com/node/30156 |title=Congestion Pricing Approved for Golden Gate Bridge |publisher=planetizen.com |date=March 19, 2008 |access-date=April 3, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Cabanatuan, Michael |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/03/15/MNT9VK8H3.DTL&hw=Bridge+raises+tolls&sn=002&sc=825 |title=Bridge raises tolls, denies Doyle Dr. funds |work=The San Francisco Chronicle |date=March 15, 2008 |access-date=April 3, 2008}}</ref>

In August 2008, transportation officials ended the congestion pricing program in favor of varying rates for metered parking along the route to the bridge including on Lombard Street and [[Van Ness Avenue (San Francisco)|Van Ness Avenue]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Golden-Gate-Bridge-congestion-toll-plan-dies-3200911.php |title=Golden Gate Bridge congestion toll plan dies |work=San Francisco Chronicle |author=Cabanatuan, Michael |date=August 12, 2008}}</ref>

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