Port authority new york new jersey

Port Authority New York New Jersey could abandon cash toll collection in 2012 on present planning. They would be the first big bridge and tunnel authority to implement all-electronic tolling (AET) in the US and one of the first in the world after the Sydney Harbour Bridge in Australia which went all-electronic in January this year. (CORRECTION SEE END) So far most of the cashless tolling has been on toll roads.

The Port Authority of New York New Jersey (PANYNJ) is hiring help in planning the move to cashless all-electronic tolling (AET). They recently chose consulting firms for two multi-year contracts to design and plan the radical change in the way tolls are collected, and a senior officer is about to be appointed as AET project manager.

The seagull will be eating better come the spring. March 2 the Port Authority New York & New Jersey (PANYNJ) will begin garnering tolls at $1,010m/year compared to $710m at present. The board of directors - appointees equally of the governors of New York and New Jersey - made the decision yesterday. PANYNJ tolls the four bridges and two tunnels between northern New Jersey and New York City.