San Mateo and Santa Clara counties already have lanes under construction.
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San Francisco will be studying the equity issues around imposing tolls on the lanes, as well as how to reinvest the revenue into public transit.
Their goals:
- Move people efficiently: We need to get more travelers to their destinations as quickly and reliably as possible in the existing freeway footprint
- Increase trip reliability: More reliable travel times will help everyone, from parents picking up their children from school to commuters who need to get to work on time
- Enhance travel choices: Better transit and incentives to carpool give commuters convenient new travel options
- Contribute to a regional network: San Francisco's freeway management strategies will be coordinated with similar projects in San Mateo and across the region
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The study is expected to be completed in 2020, with projected approval of such a project in five years.
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