I just got a mailer from Ezpass Delaware that starting June 1, 2009 - there will be additional $1 fee/month. Many Fw'rs got in to it. Also while checking Maryland ezpass site they are also introducing $1.50 fee/month starting July 1, 2009
I thought to start this thread to notify other fellow FW'rs , and to see what other strategy they are thinking in this case. I will post additional links, if i find fee free ezpass.
Message edited by: ap286 on 2009-07-01 05:46:53 CDT
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HillBill said:New York State passed a law a few years ago rescinding the monthly fee.
Okay, it depends upon which authority in NYS is issuing the tags. There are three separate authorities issuing tags:
New York E-ZPass is operated under the auspices of the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority ("TBTA"), the New York State Thruway Authority ("NYSTA"), and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey ("PANYNJ").
The PANYNJ charges a fee. The TBTA does not. I don't know about the NYSTA
Wikipedia said:The Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority imposed a monthly account fee starting on July 1, 2005 claiming to defray the administrative costs.[citation needed] However, as such a fee was considered to threaten the efficiency of moving traffic faster with lower tolls, New York State Republican Senator Michael Balboni sponsored Bill S06331 to prohibit administrative service fees on E-ZPass accounts. The Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority repealed[citation needed][4] the monthly account fee on June 1, 2006
For the TBTA there's only a $6/year fee if you receive monthly mailed statement. Online statements and semi-monthly mailed statement is no-fee.
From the NY EZ-Pass website:
Monthly statement by mail, annual fee $6.00
Message edited by: HillBill on 2009-06-30 08:49:50 CDT
I'm in MD and I just turned in my MD EZ-Pass because I did not like having to pay $18 a year for something that I only use maybe 3-4 times a year. Rather, I signed up for the VA Ezpass instead, no monthly fee.
Getting another state's EZ Pass is only beneficial for those that do not need some kind of in-state commuter plan.
I just verified, that link is not for Delaware EZ Pass. Their website is www.ezpassde.com and they do not charge the $1/mo fee. You can call and verify. NY and DE are the only states that do not charge nor plan on implementing it in the near future.
if you are driving up to NYC and going through NJ, Delaware, etc - is it worth getting a pass? I know in Illinois, they charge you double if you don't have a pass, but are the NYC bridges/tunnels the same way? It has been 15 years since I paid to cross the George Washington.
jbwhite99 said:if you are driving up to NYC and going through NJ, Delaware, etc - is it worth getting a pass? I know in Illinois, they charge you double if you don't have a pass, but are the NYC bridges/tunnels the same way? It has been 15 years since I paid to cross the George Washington.
Depends - I use the NJ TPK, PKW and bridges twice (round trip) every other month. Once a year I make a trip down to VA. Every time I wait at a tool booth, I wish I had a tag. Then again, I refuse to pay a 'monthly fee'.
Some PKW exists are exact change or tag. What if you drop your last quarter? So for me it would be a no-fee tag as I won't take advantage of a commuter rate.
Ideally a NY MTA tag is what I need. But even the application states a PANYNJ Account fee of $1. How do I make sure I'm not hit with that? Reason for not going with DE or MA is that the rates for some of the NY bridges is lower only for NY tags...
jbwhite99 said:if you are driving up to NYC and going through NJ, Delaware, etc - is it worth getting a pass?
I drive from Baltimore County, MD, to central NJ, quite frequently. It's worth getting a pass.
Not because of any cost savings, but simply because with EZ Pass, I don't have to kill 10 minutes on line at the toll plazas, waiting to pay my toll.
Let me see...there are two toll plazas in MD, then one for the Delaware Memorial Bridge, then one when you enter the NJ T'Pike (where you get a toll card if you don't have EZ Pass, but can cruise through at 55mph if you do have EZ Pass), and then the toll plaza where you pay your toll upon leaving the NJ T'Pike.
I think those are all/most of them, between here and central Jersey. Since you're going into NYC, you'd have an additional toll for that.
Many of these toll plazas are busy, even at what you might think are off hours, or off days. The EZ Pass lanes are almost always much faster than the non-EZ Pass lanes. If an EZ Pass is free (and it still is, from some authorities), and saves me time, why wouldn't I use it? -- Michael
PsychoFan said:I'm in MD and I just turned in my MD EZ-Pass because I did not like having to pay $18 a year for something that I only use maybe 3-4 times a year. Rather, I signed up for the VA Ezpass instead, no monthly fee.
The only problem with EZ Pass lanes, is that if the cash lanes back up all the way to the plaza, you still have to wait to get into the EZ pass lane. And then, there will always be an idiot that goes into the the EZ pass lane without the EZ-pass.
12345Michael54321 said:jbwhite99 said:if you are driving up to NYC and going through NJ, Delaware, etc - is it worth getting a pass?
I drive from Baltimore County, MD, to central NJ, quite frequently. It's worth getting a pass.
Not because of any cost savings, but simply because with EZ Pass, I don't have to kill 10 minutes on line at the toll plazas, waiting to pay my toll.
Let me see...there are two toll plazas in MD, then one for the Delaware Memorial Bridge, then one when you enter the NJ T'Pike (where you get a toll card if you don't have EZ Pass, but can cruise through at 55mph if you do have EZ Pass), and then the toll plaza where you pay your toll upon leaving the NJ T'Pike.
I think those are all/most of them, between here and central Jersey. Since you're going into NYC, you'd have an additional toll for that.
Many of these toll plazas are busy, even at what you might think are off hours, or off days. The EZ Pass lanes are almost always much faster than the non-EZ Pass lanes. If an EZ Pass is free (and it still is, from some authorities), and saves me time, why wouldn't I use it? -- Michael
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