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EZ-Pass
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
Armed Thanksgiving Carjackers Remains At Large: Newark PD
Two men who committed an armed carjacking on Thanksgiving in Newark remains at large, authorities said. At 1:10 p.m., a man parking his vehicle in the 100 block of Sylvan Avenue was approached by a Hispanic man who demanded his vehicle at gunpoint, Newark Public Safety Director Emanuel Miranda said. The suspect took the victim’s car keys and another suspect, a Black man, entered the front passenger side of the vehicle before the suspects fled heading eastbound on Sylvan Avenue toward Broadway, Miranda said. The victim’s wallet, containing personal property and his EZ-Pass, were also t…
Fairfax, VA
Traffic
Fredericksburg Man Killed In Crash That Shut Down I-66 In Fairfax County Identified By VSP
New details have been released following a fiery fatal crash on I-66 in Virginia near The Beltway Interchange in Fairfax County on Friday morning. Fredericksburg resident Devin Stewart, 23, has been identified by state police as the person killed in a crash early on Aug. 23 that shut down the interstate for hours. Shortly before 8 a.m. on Friday morning, troopers were called to the westbound lanes of I-66 near I-495, where a construction vehicle veered off the left lane, through the traffic bollands, and into the express lanes. The vehicle struck a guardrail, police say, then a Jersey wall…
Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
Holland Tunnel Driver With Loaded Gun, $17K Toll Debt Impersonated Officer: Port Authority PD
A woman who once made headlines for an alleged COVID scam was carrying a loaded gun -- and owed $17,000 in unpaid tolls -- when Port Authority police stopped her at the New Jersey end of the Holland Tunnel, Daily Voice has learned. Sharita T. Patterson, 36, of Brooklyn was stopped in Jersey City for having a bogus temporary Georgia license tag on her car just before noon Tuesday, July 25, said Port Authority Public Information Officer Lenis Valens. PAPD officers spotted the gun "in plain view" and seized it, Valens said. They also seized Patterson, a single mother of three who Valens said…
Bedford, NY
News
Connecticut Plan To Install I-684 Toll Sparks Backlash Among New Yorkers
Many New Yorkers are miffed at Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont’s proposal to install toll gantries on I-684, which would force some residents to have to pay a toll without traveling to or from the state. Lamont introduced his latest plan for statewide tolls, including one in a remote stretch of I-684 in Greenwich that will force motorists to pay, despite being in the state for only about one mile. The roadway is the only way to pass the area in either direction, forcing New Yorkers to pay the toll. According to a Middletown Press report, in response, angry area elected officials are banding tog…
Bridgeport, CT
News
Toll Proposal Includes These Locations In Fairfield County
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont has introduced his new plan for statewide tolls, including several in Fairfield County. Under the new proposal, tollbooths would be installed on several major highways, interstates, and bridges. In Fairfield County, Lamont is calling for tolls in Newtown at the Rochambeau Bridge; in Stamford on I-95 near the Metro-North railroad; Westport on I-95 at the Saugatuck River Bridge and in Norwalk on the Merritt Parkway. Other toll gantries would be installed in West Haven along I-95; in Windsor on I-91 at the Dexter Coffin Bridge; New London on I-95 at the Gold Star B…
Hackensack, NJ
News
Cashless Tolls Coming To GWB, Lincoln & Holland Tunnels In 2021
Getting across the Hudson River is about to get even EZ-er. The Port Authority is set to approve contracts for the construction of cashless tolling equipment at the George Washington Bridge, and Lincoln and Holland tunnels, ABC reports. The new system will likely be up and running in 2021. The tunnels have $60 million budgeted for each with $89 million for the George Washington Bridge. Eighty-eight percent of drivers already use an EZ Pass to pay tolls, Port Authority said. Port Authority introduced cashless tolling to the Bayonne Bridge in 2017, and to Outerbridge Crossing this year.
Elizabeth, NJ
News
Outerbridge Crossing Rolling Out Cashless Tolls April 24
The Outerbridge Crossing connecting Staten Island to Perth Amboy will introduce cashless tolls beginning April 24, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced Tuesday. The new tolls will allow those with EZ Pass accounts to pay tolls without stopping their vehicles. Automatic cameras will take photos of license plates for vehicles not registered with EZ Pass and a bill will be sent to the motorist's home. In 2017, the Bayonne Bridge became the first Port Authority crossing to employ cashless tolls. “Cashless tolling has become the new national standard for tol…
