How Will GWB Toll Hikes Affect You? [POLL]
Tolls went up a dollar Sunday for commuters who pay cash and 75 cents for E-ZPass users.
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Monday marked the first weekday commute for drivers taking the George Washington Bridge and other Hudson River crossings from New Jersey to New York after the Port Authority’s latest round of toll hikes went into effect.
At 12:01 a.m. Sunday, cash tolls at the GWB, in addition to the Holland and Lincoln Tunnels, Goethels and Bayonne Bridges and Outerbridge Crossing, went up from $12 to $13, and E-ZPass customers started paying $10.25—up from $9.50—during peak hours and $8.25 instead of $7.50 off-peak.
The last time the Port Authority raised tolls was September 2011, when cash tolls jumped from $8 to $12 and E-ZPass tolls went from $8 to $9.50 during peak hours. And the incremental increases are expected to continue through 2015, when cash-users will have to pay $15.
Tolls will go up again on Dec. 1, 2013 unless a lawsuit filed against the Port Authority by AAA challenging the increases goes in commuters’ favor.
Keith Jensen
12:31 pm on Monday, December 3, 2012
Where is Senator Weinberg and gang using the bridge as a backdrop for how much she cares about us all? I guess because there is no campaign she is silent about this.
While this summary I wrote is dated by a couple months it is completely relavant and current. In case you have not read it before:
http://fortlee.patch.com/articles/op-ed-fort-lee-resident-former-assembly-candidate-responds-to-weinberg-editorial
William Mays
4:32 pm on Monday, December 3, 2012
School funding has nothing to do with this. Stop pushing your crappy two month old post.
shimon baum
7:13 am on Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Regarding the option of taking public transportation. You do realize that when the tolls go up the cost of public transportation goes up so this still has an affect on those of us who don't even drive.
Ridgewood Mom
9:19 pm on Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Insane.
KTitan
8:57 am on Saturday, December 8, 2012
I admit I never go into the city but once in a while I like to go in and see the Christmas Tree - NOT ANY MORE!!! What is happening to this country???