New toll hikes go into effect on the Port Authority’s three bridges connecting Staten Island to New Jersey, and the MTA’s fare hike also kicks in on Sunday, raising prices for some multiple-ride MetroCards.The toll hike will take effect at 3:00AM EST Sunday morning, bringing the cash toll on the Bayonne and Goethals bridges and the Outerbridge Crossing to $8, up from $6.
Drivers with E-ZPass will lose their discount during peak travel hours and will also pay $8, but E-ZPass tags will only be charged $6 during off-peak times.
The Port Authority’s Staten Island Bridges Plan will cost $80 for 20 trips made in a 35-day period at the Goethals and Bayonne Bridges and Outerbridge Crossing. The cost of each trip, which must be made with E-ZPass and non-commercial license plates, will be $4.00. Drivers must enroll in the plan to take advantage of the discount. Unused trips will be billed to the account.
Also starting Sunday, for the first time, drivers of certain fuel-efficient hybrid vehicles can sign up for the Port Authority’s new Green Pass, for a half-price $4 toll during off-peak hours.
Meanwhile, the MTA’s fare hike will raise the prices of some multiple-ride MetroCards, which keeping base $2 fares and $5 express bus fares untouched.
The MTA’s own toll hike, which will raise the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge toll to $10 in cash, will kick in on March 16.
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Literally highway robbery. I drive onto brooklyn everyday. This will definately take a huge bite from my paycheck.
dear lakevood, and how about the gas? why don’t you just move back to brooklyn and help stop the brain drain to lakewood, we’ve got yeshivos, mikvaos, bais yaaakovs, kosher, whatever you want.and you’ll save money too!
$10 for the Verrazano?? WOW , I remember when it was $4 or $5 .
Interesting how at an LIRR station tonight there was no option to purchase the Metrocard with your LIRR ticket – I guess either someone already bought out everything in there or the MTA didn’t want to people to get a last-minute discount.
I’ve had the pleasure to have driven across the USA several times, and, in fact have been to – or through – 49 of the 50 states. I continue to find it no less than amazing that one can drive literally thousands of miles from the West Coast and not pay one cent of tolls for roads, bridges, tunnels, etc… but once the Midwest is reached (and certainly the Northeast), the tolls required for the privilege of driving just about anywhere are astronomical.
I just don’t understand how thousands of miles of official U.S. Interstate highways have no tolls, yet the same numbered highways in certain states have tolls that only wealthy people can afford.
Fortunately, as of this time we remain free to move to wherever we choose… Yidden, let’s start packing!
-MK