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MTA Bridges and Tunnels. The Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority (TBTA), doing business as MTA Bridges and Tunnels, is an affiliate agency of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority that operates seven toll bridges and two tunnels in New York City. The TBTA is the largest bridge and tunnel toll agency in the United States by traffic volume.
E-ZPass is an electronic toll collection system used on toll roads, toll bridges, and toll tunnels in the Eastern United States, Midwestern United States, and Southern United States. The E-ZPass Interagency Group (IAG) consists of member agencies in several states, which use the same technology and allow travelers to use the same transponder on ...
The budget problems stem from multiple sources. The MTA cannot be supported solely by rider fares and road tolls. In the preliminary 2011 budget, MTA forecasted operating revenue totaled at $6.5 billion, amount to only 50% of the $13 billion operating expenses. [133] Therefore, the MTA must rely on other sources of funding to remain operational.
The toll would be paid via E-ZPass or by mail for people without it, the MTA has said. The 2019 law passed in Albany giving the green light for the program says that passenger vehicles should only ...
The final contract to remove the current toll islands, toll booths and existing E-ZPass and all-electronic toll equipment is expected to be awarded in late 2016 or early 2017 with work expected to ...
MTA Approves Congestion Pricing Tolls - New York City, NY - The vote Wednesday sets up a 60-day public comment period that's a last step before tolls in Manhattan.
The MTA said the lawsuit placed numerous projects and 20,000 jobs at risk; [162] a large portion of the MTA's 2025–2029 capital plan was to be financed by the toll. [163] The proposed toll rates were released in late November 2023, [164] [165] and the MTA board approved the toll rates early that December.
Crossing the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge now costs $19. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File) NEW YORK — A New York City bridge now costs more to cross than any other in the nation under MTA toll hikes ...