The CARTA board will consider adoption of a Toll Policy Resolution at its December 17, 2025, meeting. This resolution combines a series of policy decisions the board has made this year affecting how tolling will work on Yolo 80. The list of toll policies is copied below. Before adopting the final resolution, the CARTA board wants to hear any feedback from the public.  Please use THIS LINKED FORM to submit your comment. Comments are due by 5pm on Monday, December 8, 2025. 

CARTA Draft Toll Policies

02-2025-01         Hours of Operation. To maximize operational flexibility, CARTA express lanes will be managed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, including weekends and holidays, using tolling and non-tolling modes as warranted by traffic congestion. 

02-2025-02         Eligibility. Eligible use of the express lanes will comply with California Vehicle Code. Eligible express lanes users include qualified High Occupancy Vehicle (HOVs), motorcycles, transit buses, and toll-paying lower occupancy vehicles. Two-axle vehicles are eligible to access the express lanes but vehicles with 3-or-more axles (excluding transit vehicles) and vehicles towing a trailer are prohibited from the express lanes.

02-2025-03         Transponder Requirements. Express lane users are required to use a valid FasTrak® transponder to pay their toll by deducting the amount due from their FasTrak® account.

02-2025-04         Toll Pricing Structure. Tolls on CARTA’s express lanes are calculated by a dynamic pricing algorithm that is designed to maintain express lanes speeds above 45 miles per hour by adjusting pricing based on real-time traffic conditions in the express lanes and adjacent general-purpose lanes. ​

02-2025-05         Toll Pricing Approach. Tolls are assigned on a per-segment basis. Users are charged the toll rate posted on the segment’s toll rate message signs at their time of entry into the express lane, regardless of the length they travel within a segment.

02-2025-06         FasTrak® Account Management. CARTA will utilize an existing California back-office provider instead of procuring its own. As such, management of FasTrak® accounts and associated customer service will be provided by CARTA’s operational partner (TBD), and any other interoperable agency with whom a customer has established their FasTrak® account.

02-2025-07         Toll Exemptions. The following vehicles are exempt from paying tolls:

A)     Vehicles entering a CARTA toll facility outside the hours of operation of that facility, as indicated by signage when the lane is in “open to all” mode.

B)     Public transportation, mass transit, paratransit, and blood transport vehicles that serve the public (specified in Vehicle Code section 21655.5) and over-the-road buses (specified in Section 166 of Title 23)

C)    Authorized emergency vehicles (specified in Vehicle Code section 23301.5).

D)    California Highway Patrol vehicles policing the CARTA express lanes.

E)      Maintenance vehicles servicing the CARTA express lanes.

02-2025-08         Violation Enforcement. CARTA makes all reasonable attempts to encourage the payment of tolls to promote equitable cost sharing among all customers of the express lane facilities.  

02-2025-09         Violation Incentives. CARTA makes a concerted effort to convert violators who will use CARTA’s express lanes again to FasTrak® customers. 

02-2025-10         Violation Penalties. CARTA adopts the following toll evasion penalty schedule:

A)     1st Notice = Unpaid toll + $25

B)     2nd Notice = Unpaid toll + $50

02-2025-11         Toll Discounts: Motorcycles. Motorcycles using CARTA toll facilities will receive a 100% discount.

02-2025-12            Toll Discounts: Occupancy. High-occupancy vehicles with three or more passengers (HOV 3+) will receive a 100% discount on CARTA toll facilities.