Regular tolls for two-axle cars and trucks and for motorcycles on seven bridges will rise to $7 from $6, according to the Bay Area Toll Authority.

There is no question that Willie Brown deserves the honor of having a span of the Bay Bridge named after him, given his lifetime of service to the city and county of San Francisco. Considering the political heavyweights who share that last name, there isn’t an infrastructure project since 1958 that does not have a Brown imprimatur.