Port Authority Green Pass program

[Yankees251]

Originally Posted by Boo

Yankees251 applied for one tag with both Green Pass discounts, and got back one tag -- which presumably has both Green Pass discounts linked into it.

I think that barring a screw up by the EZPass folks, you can get all the discounts that you're eligible for and want linked into one tag.

Yes I can confirm I have both plans on one E-ZPass, when shipped the packing slip indicated so. I have also just added another tag to my account, not another green one, a standard white one for my wife's CR-V and I had no problems. She of course does not get the discounts.

[SparrowHawk60]

Originally Posted by Yankees251

Yes I can confirm I have both plans on one E-ZPass, when shipped the packing slip indicated so. I have also just added another tag to my account, not another green one, a standard white one for my wife's CR-V and I had no problems. She of course does not get the discounts.

Thank you, now I have a few phone calls to make.
I want to see if I can find intelligent life at the EZ Pass office. Someone there who might have a clue as to how about get all the discounts on one Green Pass.

By the way, I hope your a New England Yankee and not a Yankee's ball club fan!

[Enorris]

As soon as I get my registration in the Mail I will be going through the process. How do you know which agency already has my current EZ Pass account?? Is it listed on the actual EZ Pass? I looked on my account online and found nothing.

If you have a MTA EZ Pass what happens to that account? do you send back the Tags and close it out?

Who thought that it could be so painful!

[Boo]

Originally Posted by Enorris

As soon as I get my registration in the Mail I will be going through the process. How do you know which agency already has my current EZ Pass account?? Is it listed on the actual EZ Pass? I looked on my account online and found nothing.

If you have a MTA EZ Pass what happens to that account? do you send back the Tags and close it out?

Who thought that it could be so painful!

I suggest that you do exactly as Yankees251 did, namely:

1. Fill out a new EZPass application (you can get the application online either in a PDF printout, or fill it out online and then print that out):

2. Check off/fill out both the Port Authority Green Pass discount and the Thruway Green Pass discount (along with any other discounts you might want).

3. Send in your application, together with a copy of your Registration.

4. If all goes according to the apparent plan, you will receive one pretty green tag that has all the discounts you applied for linked into it.

Then, return your existing white tag if you want to.

[Enorris]

Here is a Link that provides the info for who holds the account of your EZ PASS. It is at the very bottom of the page.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey - Bridges

[Bababooey]

Good News (for me at least)!

After my initial rejection for a Port Authority Green Pass by the nitwits at the EZ Pass "Service" Center in Staten Island, I wrote a letter expressing my displeasure to Anthony Coscia, who is the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

Last Friday, I received a reply from Stephen Sigmund, who is the Chief of the Public and Government Affairs Department at the Port Authority, apologizing for the "confusion" in the Green Pass program, and promising me that I would receive the Green Pass which I am clearly eligible for.

Today in the mail, I received my Green EZ Pass from the EZ Pass "Service" Center, and I just attached it to my windshield!

I will now send a letter to the nitwits at the EZ Pass "Service" Center asking them to link my Port Authority Green Pass to the New York State Thruway Authority's Green Pass Program so I can also get the hybrid vehicle discount on the New York State Thruway.

I will see if this Green Pass works as advertised when I visit my father for Father's Day.

If your application for a Port Authority Green Pass is rejected, don't bother wasting your time with the nitwits at the EZ Pass "Service" Center! Do as I have done and write a letter directly to the Chief of the Public and Government Affairs Department at the Port Authority at the following address:

Stephen Sigmund
Chief, Public and Government Affairs
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
225 Park Avenue South - 18th Floor
New York, NY 10003-1604

[Boo]

Bababooey,

Since you applied for both Green Passes, wouldn't the green EZPass tag that they finally sent you after you wrote to the PA Big Shot contain both the PA and Thruway Green Passes (like Yankees251)?

[Enorris]

So I was out running around today and decided to stop at the Yonkers EZ Pass Center. I haven't gotten my Permanent registration as of yet so I decided to try using my Temporary Registration. NO GO.... Wouldn't do it. They said I must wait for the "real" registration.

[r2d2rd]

I live in Jersey and got a NY green ez pass. No problems.

[Bababooey]

Originally Posted by Boo

Bababooey,

Since you applied for both Green Passes, wouldn't the green EZPass tag that they finally sent you after you wrote to the PA Big Shot contain both the PA and Thruway Green Passes (like Yankees251)?

The first Green EZ Pass I applied for was the one issued through the Port Authority. After I didn't hear back from them for a couple of weeks, I submitted another application for the New York State Thruway Authority issued Green Pass. I was rejected for both Green Passes by the EZ Pass New York Service Center because they said that I already had a White EZ Pass issued through MTA Bridges & Tunnels for my license plate. I did have a MTA Bridges & Tunnels EZ Pass at one time, but I turned that one in when I moved from Queens to Upstate New York in 2003. Luckily, I keep good records, and I still had a receipt that I was given at the EZ Pass Office in College Point when I turned in my old white EZ Pass.

They told me that you can only have one Green EZ Pass per hybrid vehicle, so once I was issued a Port Authority Green Pass, I was not allowed to obtain a second Green Pass for the same vehicle.

After I received my Port Authority Green Pass, I wrote a letter to the EZ Pass Service Center on Staten Island asking them to link my Port Authority Green Pass to the NYS Thruway Authority Green Pass Plan. I haven't used my Green Pass on the Thruway yet, so I'm not sure if they ever bothered to link the two Green Pass Plans on my account. I will find out on Father's Day Weekend when I have to take the Thruway down the city! I'll keep you posted!