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San Francisco's world-famous Golden Gate Bridge looks much like this
right now, but come September 2012 the last of those yellow "cash"
signs are scheduled to wink out. That's because the bridge's board of
directors voted 13-2 to approve a $2.9 million plan that will replace
the bridge's 30 full-time human tolltakers with a fully electronic
system. Don't say you didn't see this coming, folks. The existing
FasTrak subscription RFID transponder system will continue to work,
and there will be a camera-based backup as well -- if you pass through
the bridge without a FasTrak pass, bridge-mounted cameras will take a
picture of your license plate and you'll get a $6 bill in the mail.
Planners estimate the move will save about $19.2 million by the year
2020 in salaries and benefits that would otherwise go to the friendly
meatbags who work there now, and should things stay on track the
revamped system will debut in February of next year.
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