If you have 3 or more people in your car, you can get a bigger EZ Pass discount at these Hudson River Crossings:
Rather than paying $10.25 during Peak Hours or $8.25 during Off-Peak Hours, all Carpool cars will pay just $4.25 – at all times!
How to Earn the EZ Pass Carpool Discount Plan Read more…
Effective December 2, 2012 at 3am, you’ll be paying more for the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey (PANYNJ) tolls. These PANYNJ tolls apply to the Lincoln Tunnel, Holland Tunnel, George Washington Bridge, Bayonne Bridge, Goethals Bridge, and the Outerbridge Crossing.
Peak Hours: $10.25 with E-ZPassNY or E-ZPass NJ
Off-Peak Hours: $8.25 with E-ZPassNY or E-ZPass NJ
Cash, $13.00 at all times
Courtesy: Wall St Journal
Sam Schwartz, aka ‘Gridlock Sam’, has been working on a new plan to ease NYC’s traffic and congestion. This isn’t the Congestion Pricing Plan from 2008. This plan is designed to encourage public transportation where it’s available by charging vehicles at congested areas, and not charge where there isn’t good public transportation. Here are the highlights of the plan:
So you have your spiffy new EZ Pass from NJ and you fly through the toll for any of these bridges or tunnels, only to get your EZ Pass statement and see that you’ve been charged the Cash toll rate.
What happened?
Because you bought your EZ Pass tag from a New Jersey Customer Service Center, you are paying the Cash toll rate instead of the EZ Pass rate.
Yes, this is true.
On September 18, 2011, E-ZPass and cash toll rates will increase for the Hudson River Crossings of the George Washington Bridge, Holland Tunnel, and Lincoln Tunnel.
The new rates will be: Read more…
The proposed $4 toll increases for E-ZPass on NYC’s Hudson River crossings didn’t pass, but a smaller increase did. For the George Washington Bridge, the Holland Tunnel, Lincoln Tunnel, and three Staten Island bridges: The Goethals, Bayonne and the Outerbridge Crossing, you’ll now be paying $1.50 more as of September 18, 2011:
As of August 5, 2011, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) is considering some pretty significant toll increases to use the Lincoln Tunnel, Holland Tunnel, George Washington Bridge, Goethals Bridge, Outerbridge Crossing, Bayonne Bridge, and PATH trains. These increases would be the first since 2008.
Public Hearings are being held on Tuesday, August 16th, locations here. 
What kind of increases are we talking about:
E-ZPass Off-Peak — increase from $6.00 to $10.00 in 2011, then to $12.00 in 2014
E-ZPass Peak — increase from $8.00 to $12.00 in 2011, then to $14.00 in 2014
Cash Tolls — increase from $8.00 to $15.00 in 2011, then to $17.00 in 2014
PATH Fares — increase from $1.75 per trip to $2.75 in 2011. The fare for 10-, 20- and 40-trip SmartLink cards will increase from $1.30 per trip to $2.10 in 2011. The 1-day pass will increase from $6.00 to $8.25 in 2011. The 7-day pass will increase from $18.00 to $29.00 in 2011. The 30-day pass will increase from $54.00 to $89.00 in 2011. The senior fare will remain $1.00.
Is there any good news in this?
The Port Authority predicts that these increases will fund its 10-year, $33 billion capital plan, and bring 167,000 jobs and $9.7 billion in wages to the area.
The AAA strongly objects to these increases.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie are expected to reject the proposal.
Read the full article in Crains New York Business.com
