FREE BRIDGE TOLL, COMMUTE BUS AND VANPOOL VEHICLES

COMMUTE BUS AND VANPOOL VEHICLES

• A commute bus or a vanpool vehicle may cross toll-free at any time in designated lane(s), in accordance with Authority operational procedures. Passage through staffed lanes requires a toll-free commute bus ticket or non-revenue FasTrak® toll tag issued by the Authority, or an axle-based toll will be charged.
• A commute bus is a vehicle that is:
  
  1. designed, used or maintained for the transportation of more than 10 persons including the driver;
  2. operated across a state-owned toll bridge on a route commencing and terminating within a radius of 50 miles from the toll collection point of such bridge; and
  3. operated on a regular schedule for any municipal or public corporation, transit district, public utility district, political subdivision or private company for the nonprofit work-related transportation of its employees or by any transportation company operating under a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the California Public Utilities Commission.
• A vanpool vehicle is a vehicle that is operating under the provisions of current ridesharing laws and regulations, and designed for carrying more than 10 but not more than 15 persons including the driver, that is maintained and used primarily for the nonprofit work-related transportation of persons for the purpose of ridesharing.