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Since September 2017, all MTA Bridges & Tunnels facilities have collected tolls through open-road cashless tolling. Tollbooths previously in place have been dismantled, and drivers no longer pay cash at the crossings.
As of August 6, 2023, drivers pay $11.19 per car or $4.71 per motorcycle for tolls by mail/non-NYCSC E-Z Pass. E-ZPass users with transponders issued by the New York E‑ZPass Customer Service Center pay $6.94 per car or $3.02 per motorcycle.
The Federal Highway Administration gave its final approval on June 26, 2023, allowing the MTA to begin setting toll rates for the proposed congestion zone.
The $15 toll will take effect at 9 a.m. Low-income drivers can apply for a congestion toll discount on the MTA website, and disabled people can apply for exemptions.
People who live in the toll zone and make less than $60,000 will get a state tax credit for the tolls they pay.
Low-income drivers who earn less than $50,000 a year can apply to pay half the price on the daytime toll, but only after the first 10 trips in a month.
Drivers without E-ZPass who receive a bill can pay it online at the Tolls by Mail website, by mail, over the phone, or in-person, and payment options include check, credit card, bank account,...
Trucks and some buses will, depending on size, be charged $24 or $36 during the day and $6 or $9 at night. For motorcycles, the toll rate will be $7.50 by day and $1.75 by night.
In the months to come, the MTA plans to introduce congestion pricing, a toll on drivers who enter Manhattan below 60th St. Drivers without E-ZPass will be billed by mail.
E-ZPass allows a customer to drive from North Carolina to Maine and Illinois without stopping to pay tolls. A driver receives a small radio frequency transponder to place on the inside of a vehicle's windshield. Equipment in the toll lanes records the transactions, and trips are automatically deducted from the customer's account. Toll increases