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Had a good New Years recovery meal in Fort Lee today.
So my friend told me about this thing today..
Basically drivers entering NY from NJ will pick up passengers at the bus station right before the toll bridge so they can get car pool rate and save $6. They drop you off at the bus hub at the other end of the bridge.
We did it for fun. Seems sketchy but our random driver was cool. He said he saves $150 a month doing this.
You guys know about this and have you done it? Any interesting stories?
I had a job assignment in Weehawken in 1993 for a few months and one day while waiting for the bus back to the Port Authority a car pulled over and asked me if I wanted a ride. I asked why and they said for the carpool rate for the Lincoln Tunnel so I said sure and went with them. It definitely saved me some time.
People have been doing this for years. That's the controversy going on right now--when the tolls go completely cashless, the car-pool discount goes away because there's no way to verify how many passengers are in the car...but WAIT. There are those who claim the technology exists...
People have been doing this for years. That's the controversy going on right now--when the tolls go completely cashless, the car-pool discount goes away because there's no way to verify how many passengers are in the car...but WAIT. There are those who claim the technology exists...
From the Port Authority...
"We have listened to the many customers who expressed concerns about the removal of the Carpool Discount Plan. That is why we will not be phasing out the Carpool Discount at the Hudson River crossings (Holland Tunnel, Lincoln Tunnel and the George Washington Bridge) until each toll plaza implements cashless tolling, rather than on January 5, 2020, as previously announced. Our approach will maintain the carpool toll discount program at each Port Authority toll plaza, until such time as those plazas no longer accept cash payments. It is not operationally feasible to offer a carpool discount without toll booth operators to verify how many occupants are in a car. Throughout the toll industry, no technology has yet to be developed that can accurately and reliably identify vehicle occupants in an automated fashion in a cashless tolling system. The Port Authority remains committed to review the costs and benefits of new technologies as they emerge in the future."
"We have listened to the many customers who expressed concerns about the removal of the Carpool Discount Plan. That is why we will not be phasing out the Carpool Discount at the Hudson River crossings (Holland Tunnel, Lincoln Tunnel and the George Washington Bridge) until each toll plaza implements cashless tolling, rather than on January 5, 2020, as previously announced. Our approach will maintain the carpool toll discount program at each Port Authority toll plaza, until such time as those plazas no longer accept cash payments. It is not operationally feasible to offer a carpool discount without toll booth operators to verify how many occupants are in a car. Throughout the toll industry, no technology has yet to be developed that can accurately and reliably identify vehicle occupants in an automated fashion in a cashless tolling system. The Port Authority remains committed to review the costs and benefits of new technologies as they emerge in the future."
Good update. There was some discussion a month or so ago about supposed technology being used in another part of the country, but I have no idea how valid it was.
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In Virginia is called slugging where you pick up the extra rider at an area mall and it gives you the number you need to use the HOV lanes. Drivers pick up riders based on where they are heading and many have a regular person they collect each day.
Had a good New Years recovery meal in Fort Lee today.
So my friend told me about this thing today..
Basically drivers entering NY from NJ will pick up passengers at the bus station right before the toll bridge so they can get car pool rate and save $6. They drop you off at the bus hub at the other end of the bridge.
We did it for fun. Seems sketchy but our random driver was cool. He said he saves $150 a month doing this.
You guys know about this and have you done it? Any interesting stories?
you just learned about this? how many years later...
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