The future will arrive, under the cover of darkness, at the Golden Gate Bridge on Wednesday morning, though drivers probably won’t notice anything unusual other than a preponderance of TV trucks.
At about 5 a.m., the bridge district plans to switch on its new all-electronic toll-collection system, which will eliminate toll collectors when it’s fully implemented in March. For now, though, toll takers will coexist with the high-tech equipment as the Golden Gate tests the state’s first human-free, cash-free toll-taking operation on a bridge.