"On Dec. 16, 18 miles of Interstate 80 in Solano County are slated to activate tolls on an express lane in the east- and westbound directions. The toll lanes start at Red Top Road in Fairfield and extend to Interstate 505, near the Nut Tree, in Vacaville - a notoriously gridlocked section of I-80. The express lanes will be active from 5 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily, including weekends."
"You must have FasTrak to use the toll lanes. A driver riding alone will pay full price, while two people can pay half price if their FasTrak Flex is set to "2." Vehicles with three or more occupants, buses, vanpools and motorcycles can use the lanes for free as long as they set their FasTrak Flex to "3." Drivers who enter the express lane without FasTrak will be mailed a bill with a $10 penalty added."
"The Metropolitan Transportation Commission, the Bay Area's regional transit agency, touts the toll lanes as a way to "improve transit reliability and access for emergency response vehicles, and provide time savings and reliability for Solano County residents and others traveling through the county, including drivers headed to or from Sacramento, the Sierra Nevada, San Francisco, and the North Bay Wine Country.""
On Dec. 16, 18 miles of Interstate 80 in Solano County will open express toll lanes in both directions from Red Top Road in Fairfield to Interstate 505 near the Nut Tree in Vacaville. The lanes operate daily from 5 a.m. to 8 p.m., with variable pricing based on traffic. FasTrak is required: solo drivers pay full tolls; two occupants pay half with FasTrak Flex set to “2”; three-or-more occupants, buses, vanpools and motorcycles ride free with FasTrak Flex set to “3.” Drivers without FasTrak receive a mailed bill plus a $10 penalty. MTC says the lanes improve transit reliability, emergency access and travel times.
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