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It’s simply a matter of how quickly that increase is implemented — all at once or bit by bit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>2) The Golden Gate Bridge District Manages Much More Than a Bridge\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District, the agency that manages the bridge, is “basically a transit agency,” according to its general manager and CEO Denis Mulligan. “We spend over half of our tolls on subsidizing bus and ferry service,” Mulligan said on \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201402100930\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KQED’s “Forum\u003c/a>“. “We carry 25 percent of all trips from the North Bay into the city on our buses and ferries during commute periods.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3) Currently No Sidewalk Toll Is on the Table\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201402100930\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">During “Forum’s” discussion\u003c/a>, several listeners inquired about charging pedestrians and cyclists who use the bridge. Mulligan made it clear that a sidewalk fee will not defer the proposed auto toll.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When (the board) put forward the proposals they did not include a sidewalk toll, so at this juncture they could not approve a sidewalk as part of the toll increase.” said Mulligan. “That having been said – they have the discretion to impose a sidewalk toll. There were turnstiles up until 1971 where people dropped a dime in to get on the bridge.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mulligan said that the bridge sees about 10,000 pedestrians a day during the summer and about 6,000 cyclists daily.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4) The Bridge District Receives No Local Tax Support\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters and opponents of the toll increase repeatedly pointed out the bridge’s lack of tax support during “\u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201402100930\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forum’s” discussion\u003c/a>. Mulligan used the fact to support the higher toll: “We do not receive sales tax measure money or property tax measure money from San Francisco or Marin counties, so tolls are the source of our principal subsidy for bus and ferry service.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://goldengate.org/news/TollIncreaseProposal2014.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The district’s website\u003c/a> lists “transit fares, grants, and advertising/concessions” as other sources of revenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Susan Deluxe, a Marin-based activist and opponent of the toll hike, views the lack of tax support as one reason to reform how the bridge is managed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Marin has to man-up and find a different way to fund public transit,” said Deluxe. “It’s totally unsustainable. It’s not the Golden Fleece Bridge, it’s not the Cash Cow Bridge, and Marin County and San Francisco — the largest percentage of riders across the bridge are from those two counties – they’re not ATM machines.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She drew comparisons to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.actransit.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District\u003c/a>. According to Deluxe, “Property tax is their biggest source of funding, 29 percent of their budget comes from property tax, county sales tax contributes 8 percent, the fare box another 17 percent. So it’s not rocket science — this is how other counties do it and we need to do it, too.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5) The Bridge District Has Been Criticized for Overpaying Its Leaders\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of Deluxe’s other complaints against the bridge district is that it is top-heavy with too many managers, who earn too much money. And a user who identified himself by the name “JonMW72” left this comment on “Forum’s” website:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The salaries of management are a bit outrageous if you look at the publicly available database. What is the deputy GM of the bridge doing making $176,000 a year? Deputy GM of the bus division makes $323,000 a year. A ‘paint superintendent’ makes $118,000 …”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mulligan responded to the criticism by citing measures to control staff costs:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve taken a variety of steps to reduce the cost of staff, both those staff that are still here, through changes in medical coverage, contributions from employees, employees paying part of their pension, but also (by) reducing the number of employees. We have 25 percent fewer employees than we had a decade ago.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6) Bridge Traffic Numbers Are Stalled\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district says that its costs are rising while bridge traffic and thus, toll revenue, is staying the same.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Again, \u003ca href=\"http://goldengate.org/news/TollIncreaseProposal2014.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">citing the district’s website\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Fuel for the buses and ferries and steel and paint for the bridge are more expensive today than in 2008 when tolls were last increased. At the same time, toll revenues have remained flat as traffic volumes have not grown.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mulligan mentioned on “Forum” that “ferry ridership is up 7 percent compared to a year earlier, and our regional bus service is up 3 percent.” He did not elaborate on how those increases are helping, if at all, to recover rising operating costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7) Improvements and Maintenance Projects Are Planned\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A “Forum” listener asked Mulligan to explain what the public will get in return for the increased tolls. His response:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“We have growing capital needs on the bridge. The bridge is 76 years old, and we also have growing capital needs on our 40-year-old bus and ferry facilities. So we have an array of projects coming up, and one of the most visible ones is later this year we’ll install a movable median barrier on the Golden Gate Bridge. Those things cost money.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Mulligan also mentioned the district’s $75 million commitment to the Doyle Drive retrofit, as well as improving ramps and gangways on ferry terminals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We go to Washington, D.C., and we go to Sacramento to get other people’s money, but we need some toll dollars to match those. Over the next 10 years, our capital costs are anticipated to be $1.4 billion. And we anticipate we’ll need about $370 million of tolls to maximize the amount of federal and state grants we can get.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8) Some People Want to Do Away with the Bridge District Altogether\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We really need to shift the conversation of the debate to restructuring, sunsetting, reorganizing — whatever word you want to use — the Golden Gate Bridge District,” said Deluxe. “It’s just not relevant anymore and it’s become an obstacle.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would like to see the (\u003ca href=\"http://www.mtc.ca.gov/\">Metropolitan Transportation Commission\u003c/a>) really study this issue,” said Deluxe. “That’s where it needs to land — is have them do a serious study to see what it would take to restructure the bridge district — whether Caltrans runs the bridge — I mean the bridge makes money — or whether it remains a stand-alone special district if that still makes sense.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Marin has been trying to reform and get rid of the Golden Gate Bridge District since 1988, when we passed an advisory ordinance calling for a toll-increase moratorium until the 19-member board was at least appointed.”said Deluxe. “That passed by 72 percent.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you fall into the camp of those you want to absolve the bridge district, your comments might be directed to your state representatives rather than the bridge district’s current comment process.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Mulligan made it clear that a sidewalk fee will not defer the proposed auto toll.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When (the board) put forward the proposals they did not include a sidewalk toll, so at this juncture they could not approve a sidewalk as part of the toll increase.” said Mulligan. “That having been said – they have the discretion to impose a sidewalk toll. There were turnstiles up until 1971 where people dropped a dime in to get on the bridge.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mulligan said that the bridge sees about 10,000 pedestrians a day during the summer and about 6,000 cyclists daily.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4) The Bridge District Receives No Local Tax Support\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters and opponents of the toll increase repeatedly pointed out the bridge’s lack of tax support during “\u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201402100930\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forum’s” discussion\u003c/a>. Mulligan used the fact to support the higher toll: “We do not receive sales tax measure money or property tax measure money from San Francisco or Marin counties, so tolls are the source of our principal subsidy for bus and ferry service.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://goldengate.org/news/TollIncreaseProposal2014.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The district’s website\u003c/a> lists “transit fares, grants, and advertising/concessions” as other sources of revenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Susan Deluxe, a Marin-based activist and opponent of the toll hike, views the lack of tax support as one reason to reform how the bridge is managed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Marin has to man-up and find a different way to fund public transit,” said Deluxe. “It’s totally unsustainable. It’s not the Golden Fleece Bridge, it’s not the Cash Cow Bridge, and Marin County and San Francisco — the largest percentage of riders across the bridge are from those two counties – they’re not ATM machines.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She drew comparisons to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.actransit.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District\u003c/a>. According to Deluxe, “Property tax is their biggest source of funding, 29 percent of their budget comes from property tax, county sales tax contributes 8 percent, the fare box another 17 percent. So it’s not rocket science — this is how other counties do it and we need to do it, too.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5) The Bridge District Has Been Criticized for Overpaying Its Leaders\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of Deluxe’s other complaints against the bridge district is that it is top-heavy with too many managers, who earn too much money. And a user who identified himself by the name “JonMW72” left this comment on “Forum’s” website:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The salaries of management are a bit outrageous if you look at the publicly available database. What is the deputy GM of the bridge doing making $176,000 a year? Deputy GM of the bus division makes $323,000 a year. A ‘paint superintendent’ makes $118,000 …”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mulligan responded to the criticism by citing measures to control staff costs:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve taken a variety of steps to reduce the cost of staff, both those staff that are still here, through changes in medical coverage, contributions from employees, employees paying part of their pension, but also (by) reducing the number of employees. We have 25 percent fewer employees than we had a decade ago.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>6) Bridge Traffic Numbers Are Stalled\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district says that its costs are rising while bridge traffic and thus, toll revenue, is staying the same.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Again, \u003ca href=\"http://goldengate.org/news/TollIncreaseProposal2014.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">citing the district’s website\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Fuel for the buses and ferries and steel and paint for the bridge are more expensive today than in 2008 when tolls were last increased. At the same time, toll revenues have remained flat as traffic volumes have not grown.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mulligan mentioned on “Forum” that “ferry ridership is up 7 percent compared to a year earlier, and our regional bus service is up 3 percent.” He did not elaborate on how those increases are helping, if at all, to recover rising operating costs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>7) Improvements and Maintenance Projects Are Planned\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A “Forum” listener asked Mulligan to explain what the public will get in return for the increased tolls. His response:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>“We have growing capital needs on the bridge. The bridge is 76 years old, and we also have growing capital needs on our 40-year-old bus and ferry facilities. So we have an array of projects coming up, and one of the most visible ones is later this year we’ll install a movable median barrier on the Golden Gate Bridge. Those things cost money.”\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Mulligan also mentioned the district’s $75 million commitment to the Doyle Drive retrofit, as well as improving ramps and gangways on ferry terminals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We go to Washington, D.C., and we go to Sacramento to get other people’s money, but we need some toll dollars to match those. Over the next 10 years, our capital costs are anticipated to be $1.4 billion. And we anticipate we’ll need about $370 million of tolls to maximize the amount of federal and state grants we can get.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>8) Some People Want to Do Away with the Bridge District Altogether\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We really need to shift the conversation of the debate to restructuring, sunsetting, reorganizing — whatever word you want to use — the Golden Gate Bridge District,” said Deluxe. “It’s just not relevant anymore and it’s become an obstacle.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would like to see the (\u003ca href=\"http://www.mtc.ca.gov/\">Metropolitan Transportation Commission\u003c/a>) really study this issue,” said Deluxe. “That’s where it needs to land — is have them do a serious study to see what it would take to restructure the bridge district — whether Caltrans runs the bridge — I mean the bridge makes money — or whether it remains a stand-alone special district if that still makes sense.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Marin has been trying to reform and get rid of the Golden Gate Bridge District since 1988, when we passed an advisory ordinance calling for a toll-increase moratorium until the 19-member board was at least appointed.”said Deluxe. “That passed by 72 percent.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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The agency has said the old bridge, notorious for its failure in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, will be mostly gone within a year; the full demolition project, down to the \"mud line\" beneath the surface of the bay, will take three years. But last night, Caltrans said the deconstruction project will be delayed for awhile as contractors finish work on measures to prevent debris from falling into the bay waters. It's likely the taking-apart process will commence by next week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the prospect of the eastern span being taken down — without explosives, if you were wondering — got me thinking about major Bay Area demolition events of the past. I don't want to use the term too broadly in a region where nature has carried out destruction on a grand scale. Exhibits include the 1906 earthquake and fire, Loma Prieta and the Oakland Hills fire, among many others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, there's something captivating both about seeing what we've built get taken down and in viewing others' fascination with the process. I once went to Las Vegas to \u003ca href=\"http://www.salon.com/2007/03/22/stardust_2/\" target=\"_blank\">witness the destruction\u003c/a> of the once-iconic Stardust Hotel, and watching the crowd's anticipation and reaction was almost as fun as hearing the exploding dynamite and scurrying away from the billowing cloud of concrete dust that rolled down the Strip.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">There's something captivating both about seeing what we've built get taken down and in viewing others' fascination with the process.\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Here's a brief list — you might have other local demolitions in mind — of great moments in local structure removal:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>1. Sea Cliff sinkhole (1995):\u003c/strong> I put this at the top of my list because it was shown on live TV. And no, it was not a planned demolition. In December 1995, a storm sewer near 25th Avenue and Lake Street broke during a major winter storm. The water rushing from the sewer excavated a giant sinkhole that swallowed a mansion. Here's how the Associated Press described the scene: \"A three-story house in a neighborhood of million-dollar homes toppled into an enormous sinkhole and broke apart in a spray of timbers, walls and ceilings. ... A neighbor's garage also dropped into the hole, and at least seven other houses in San Francisco's exclusive Sea Cliff neighborhood were evacuated, including the childhood home of photographer Ansel Adams, which was built in 1902.\" And here's video of the collapse:\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/GlGs9222JqU\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>2. The Embarcadero Freeway (1989): \u003c/strong>The Loma Prieta earthquake was a disaster and a tragedy, destroying dozens of residences and killing more than 60 people, most of whom perished in the collapse of West Oakland's Cypress Freeway. But the quake did bestow one long-term gift: It damaged San Francisco's Embarcadero Freeway so badly that the city had little choice but to tear down the double-deck structure that had walled off the Ferry Building and the rest of the northeastern waterfront. The demolition led eventually to creation of today's more welcoming (if often congested) Embarcadero.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>3. Cal State East Bay-Warren Hall (2013):\u003c/strong> Here's a demolition with a cause. Cal State East Bay decided to bring down a 13-story building on campus, Warren Hall. Because of the structure's proximity to the Hayward Fault, scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/science/2013/07/22/east-bay-building-demolition-to-provide-rare-earthquake-insights/\" target=\"_blank\">saw an opportunity to study seismic activity\u003c/a> in the area when the building was imploded. Here's a video of the building coming down in August 2013:\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"single-video\">\u003ciframe src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/kWnN9KGCIic\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"630\" height=\"473\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>4. Old Carquinez Bridge (2006): \u003c/strong>In 2003, Caltrans completed a striking new suspension bridge to carry southbound Interstate 80 traffic across the Carquinez Strait between Vallejo and Crockett. That meant the old bridge, built in 1927, could go. It was a slow-motion affair, as recounted in the National Geographic documentary, \"\u003ca href=\"http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/man-made/episodes/bridge/\" target=\"_blank\">Break It Down: Bridge\u003c/a>.\" The \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Old-Carquinez-Bridge-is-disappearing-slowly-2499055.php\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco Chronicle described the process\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>People with cameras and binoculars showed up to observe as crews took apart the bridge. Onlookers gathered on the hills overlooking the strait and on the Crockett waterfront beneath the three Carquinez bridges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But because of the delicate nature of the operation, it was impossible to see any motion and difficult to see any progress unless you stuck around for a couple of hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crews on Monday dislodged a 1.4 million-pound section of the bridge and began to lower it — from its position 130 feet above the strait — toward the waters below. From there, it will be placed on a barge and taken to the Mare Island shipyards nearby, where it will be ripped apart and salvaged. Parts of the old span are listed on the National Register of Historic Places and will be saved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The chunk of steel was lowered 16 inches at a time. Each 16-inch drop took just 15 seconds, with four cranes working simultaneously, said Peter Strykers, senior bridge engineer for Caltrans. But it can take as long as an hour to recalibrate the cranes and get them ready for the next drop.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>5. Golden Gate Bridge torpedo (1946):\u003c/strong> To be honest, we didn't know about this one until we started looking into Bay Area demolition history. But a United Press story in June 1946 recounts what happened after a World War II torpedo was discovered near the span:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Normal traffic resumed over and under the Golden Gate Bridge today after navy demolition experts found that a Japanese torpedo was \"practically a dud.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The torpedo was found at the foot of the bridge two days ago by an unidentified person who called police. 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