NYC Magazine » tolls http://www.nycmagazine.com Covering all of New York City Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:03:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Cashless Tolls http://www.nycmagazine.com/2007/05/17/cashless-tolls/ http://www.nycmagazine.com/2007/05/17/cashless-tolls/#comments Thu, 17 May 2007 05:50:47 +0000 WendyLee http://www.nycmagazine.com/cashless-tolls.html Port Authority Toll

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is planning to implement a cashless toll system on all the six bridges and tunnels connecting New York and New Jersey. Currently, there are cash tolls and E-Z pass tolls at these crossings. The Port Authority believes that by eliminating the cash tolls will reduce congestion. The plan is to install cameras that will take pictures of a car’s license and send a bill to the car’s owner if the car does not have a E-Z pass transmitter. Currently, cash tolls cause traffic slowdowns because drivers need to stop and ...continue reading]]> http://www.nycmagazine.com/2007/05/17/cashless-tolls/feed/ 0