What are the rules as a Tesla owner?

QI drive a Tesla. Do I need to pay a toll on the express lane with 3+ requirement when we have two people in the car? How many people to set on the FasTrak Flex toll tag?

Here’s the scoop. Yes, electric car drivers pay a 50 percent toll with two or fewer people in their car. When the Interstate 880 express lanes from Oakland to Milpitas open at 5 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 2, the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority will adjust the tolling rules for Highway 237 to match those on 880:

• All vehicles must have a FasTrak toll tag to use the express lanes.

• Three-person carpools, buses, vanpools and motorcycles travel toll-free with a FasTrak Flex toll tag set to the 3+ position.

• Two-person carpools with a FasTrak Flex toll tag set to the 2+ position pay half-price tolls.

• Solo drivers of eligible clean-air vehicles and two-person carpools in clean-air vehicles pay half-price tolls with a FasTrak tag. Eligible CAVs are those with red, purple or orange decals.

• Other solo drivers pay the full toll to use the express lanes with either a standard FasTrak tag or a FasTrak Flex tag set to the 1 position.

• There are six toll zones along southbound I-880 from Hegenberger Road in Oakland to Dixon Landing Road near the Fremont/Milpitas border and five toll zones northbound from Dixon Landing to Lewelling Boulevard in San Lorenzo.

Enjoy the ride.

QASince our highways are created and maintained almost exclusively with tax dollars, it is morally inexcusable, like the poll tax, to charge for their use.

I’m guessing you won’t enjoy riding on 880.

Bumpy Danville Boulevard needs work. Is anything planned?

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