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Old 09-08-2015, 07:44 AM
 
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Recently I traveled twice from Brooklyn to Staten-island then to Bayonne via Verrazano-Narrows Bridge.
And in the EZ-PASS transactions log it's showing $16 toll for each trip using the VNB...

Yet the MTA website is showing a rate of $11.08 ?


mta.info | MTA Bridges and Tunnels' Toll Cars

Verrazano-Narrows Bridge (Roundtrip toll collected entering Staten Island only)
E-ZPass**
$11.08


Cash
$16.00
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Old 09-08-2015, 07:47 AM
 
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NVM... I found the cause, as there is following fine-prints on the website:

Note: E-ZPass rates apply only to customer tags issued by New York E-ZPass Customer Service Center (This includes: MTA Bridges and Tunnels, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, New York State Thruway Authority, the Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority (Peace Bridge), and New York State Bridge Authority).
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Old 09-08-2015, 09:12 AM
 
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Good catch. We actually have an NY EZ pass account for our one car that drives to NYC frequently and an NJ EZ pass account so that the other car, which uses the turnpike, can have a green pass discount.

Silly system.
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Old 09-08-2015, 10:33 AM
 
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Yes those tolls are hellaciously high. About the only discount avail is on the Staten Island Port Authority bridge, meaning the Outerbridge, Goethal or Bayonne. If you sign up your EZPass account and use those 3 or more times a month you get a half price toll.

I think the only other break on the Guintified Gangplank is if you have your car registered in Staten Isle.
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Old 09-08-2015, 12:44 PM
 
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I always paid $5.50 because of the 3 persons carpool. Not a bad saving from $16.
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Old 09-08-2015, 04:09 PM
 
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car pool used to be $1. Damn crook.
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Old 09-08-2015, 04:19 PM
 
Location: NJ
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The high cost of the tolls is to pay for the grossly underestimated cost to build and maintain the river crossings. Underestimated because the real cost would be unpalatanble and no one would endorse it.

And yet the high paid estimators never get fired and continue to make time and cost estimates using a dart board.

Apparently anyone with no experience who can come up with a WAG would be in the ball park and closer to reality than the high paid 'professionals'.

16$$$ ????? does that include insurance coverage, free gasoline and triple A?
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