Ever since tolls increased on the five bridges operated
by the New York State Bridge Authority, the use of E-ZPass has increased
substantially.
Tolls rose on February 1 from $1 to $1.25 for E-ZPass
users and to $1.50 for cash customers.
Bridge Authority Executive Director Joseph Ruggiero said
more people have begun using E-ZPass to save money and to speed up their toll
paying transactions.
“Typically we were around 59 percent E-ZPass and about 41
percent cash and within a few months of the toll increase and the change in the
rate structure and the differential, we have seen it grow to almost 64 ½
percent E-ZPass, which is a substantial number considering you are talking
millions of transactions that go across these bridges a year,” Ruggiero said.
In June, the bridges had 1.5 million E-ZPass transactions
and 854,000 cash customers on the five structures it operates over the Hudson
River – The Rip Van Winkle, Kingston-Rhinecliff, Mid-Hudson, Newburgh-Beacon
and Bear Mountain bridges.
Annually, the Bridge Authority has some 24.5 million
transactions with 56 million crossings.
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