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Tappan Zee Bridge Toll Set To Increase: Here's When, How Much Tappan Zee Bridge Toll Set To Increase: Here's When, How Much
Tappan Zee Bridge Toll Set To Increase: Here's When, How Much Drivers crossing the new Tappan Zee Bridge will soon face a higher toll, according to the New York State Thruway Authority. The increase will go into effect on Wednesday, Jan. 1, with a 50-cent hike to the base NY E-ZPass toll rates and tolls-by-mail that began in 2024 and will continue each year through 2027, when it hits $7.75. The annual price increase means E-Z pass users will begin paying $6.75 on New Year's Day. The adjustment also includes an enhancement to the Westchester and Rockland Resident Discount Plan, which will rise from 17 percent to a 20 percent discount. The 40&nbs…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Tolls Increase On These 4 Bridges Between NJ, PA For First Time Since 2011 Tolls Increase On These 4 Bridges Between NJ, PA For First Time Since 2011
Tolls Increase On These 4 Bridges Between NJ, PA For First Time Since 2011 Tolls are going up on four Delaware River Port Authority bridges between New Jersey and Pennsylvania on Sunday, Sept. 1 for the first time since 2011. The increase on the Ben Franklin, Betsy Ross, Commodore Barry, and Walt Whitman bridges went into effect at midnight.  For passenger vehicles, motorcycles, and small trucks, tolls increased from $5 to $6. For recreational vehicles and mobile homes, tolls go up from $.7.50 to $9 per axle. For buses, the increase goes from $3.75 to $4.50. “DRPA must undertake vital safety and security upgrades and infrastructure improvements,” s…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Toll Hikes Expected On Parkway, NJ Turnpike: Report Toll Hikes Expected On Parkway, NJ Turnpike: Report
Toll Hikes Expected On Parkway, NJ Turnpike: Report Some of you are making resolutions to be wealthier in the new year -- but the tolls New Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Parkway have no intention of helping you achieve that Tolls on the highways are going up on Jan. 1, NJ Advance Media reports. Despite a 2020 toll road increase, the rate on two of New Jersey’s most traveled highways are about to increase, this time by 3%, the outlet said. The tolls will increase on the New Jersey Turnpike, and the Atlantic City Expressway, the outlet reports citing the New Jersey Turnpike Authority. “The purpose of the 3% indexing is to provide a stable…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Tolls Rise On These 7 Delaware River Bridges, Twice, Thanks To COVID-19 Tolls Rise On These 7 Delaware River Bridges, Twice, Thanks To COVID-19
Tolls Rise On These 7 Delaware River Bridges, Twice, Thanks To Covid-19 Underuse of Delaware River bridges during the past year's coronavirus pandemic is prompting officials to increase tolls for the first time in a decade. Tolls on the bridges operated by the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission will increase on April 11 and again in 2024 after commissioners voted Monday to raise them for the first time in 10 years. Commissioners cited the decline in passenger car traffic and toll revenue caused by the coronavirus pandemic and the burden of maintaining 13 toll “free” bridges with revenue from the seven toll bridges. The commission approved the toll inc…

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by Jon Craig
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Huge Toll Hikes Coming: Up 36% On NJ Turnpike, 27% On Garden State Parkway Huge Toll Hikes Coming: Up 36% On NJ Turnpike, 27% On Garden State Parkway
Huge Toll Hikes Coming: Up 36% On NJ Turnpike, 27% On Garden State Parkway Toll prices on the New Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Parkway will increase dramatically beginning Sept. 13. Turnpike Exit 19W on the western spur in the Meadowlands will also be getting a toll, following unanimous 7-0 decisions by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority. The commissioners unanimously approved increases of 36% on the turnpike and 27% on the parkway to help pay for what they said will be $24 billion in infrastructure projects. The decision came around the same time that the South Jersey Transportation Authority approved toll hikes for the Atlantic City Expressway…

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by Jerry DeMarco