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Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District

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Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District
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Agency overview
FormedDecember 4, 1928 (1928-12-04)
Type Special-purpose district
Headquarters San Francisco, California, US
Employees854
Annual budget$23.38 million annually
Agency executive
Website goldengate.org

The Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District is a special-purpose district that owns and operates three regional transportation assets in the San Francisco Bay Area: the iconic Golden Gate Bridge, the Golden Gate Ferry system and the Golden Gate Transit system. All three assets connect Marin County with San Francisco.

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History and responsibilities

The District was incorporated on December 4, 1928, as the Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District to design, construct, and finance the Golden Gate Bridge. The responsibility of regional transit service within the Golden Gate Corridor was given to the District on November 10, 1969, at which time it was given its current name. [1]

The District's territory includes the City and County of San Francisco; Marin, Sonoma, and Del Norte counties; and large portions of Napa and Mendocino counties. The only other county along the California North Coast, Humboldt County, declined to join the district after its residents opposed the bridge's construction, fearing that the increase in tourists and newcomers would disrupt the local redwood lumber industry and various cattle and sheep ranches. [2]

The District provides regional bus and ferry transit service throughout the Golden Gate Corridor, which runs from San Francisco to Sonoma County. The District does not operate transit service in Napa, Mendocino, or Del Norte counties. Within Marin County, Golden Gate Transit is the contractor for a majority of bus service provided by Marin Transit, a relationship that dates to 1971. [3] Golden Gate Transit has operated bus service across the Richmond–San Rafael Bridge to Contra Costa County on behalf of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission since 1993.

The District's primary revenue source is tolling on the southbound lanes of the Golden Gate Bridge. (The last of the bridge's construction bonds were retired in 1971, with principal and interest raised entirely from bridge tolls. [4] A mix of tolls, transportation subsidies, and grants is used to support bus and ferry services. [5]

In the 1950s and 60s, the District opposed a BART extension into Marin County using the lower deck of the Golden Gate Bridge due to structural concerns, which contributed to Marin County withdrawing from BART. [6]

Governing structure

Map of the six-member counties of the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District in California, USA Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District.png
Map of the six-member counties of the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District in California, USA

The District has a 19-member board of directors: [7]

The District is headquartered in San Francisco and has administrative offices in San Francisco and San Rafael.

Two members of the board also serve on the Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit board of directors, [8] and operations are coordinated between the two agencies.

References

  1. ↑ "Key Dates". Archived from the original on February 9, 2011. Retrieved December 17, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Special District Formed". Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District. Archived from the original on March 19, 2011. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
  3. ↑ "History & Research - Bus | Golden Gate". www.goldengate.org.
  4. ↑ "Key Dates". Research Library. Archived from the original on February 9, 2011. Retrieved December 11, 2007.
  5. ↑ "Adopted Budget: Fiscal Year 2011–2012" (PDF). Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
  6. ↑ Moffit, Mike (April 2, 2021). "Marin County could have had BART, but backroom politics got in the way".
  7. ↑ "Board Members - Board of Directors | Golden Gate". www.goldengate.org.
  8. ↑ "Assembly Bill 2224" (PDF). Retrieved April 10, 2017.

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