Port Authority Green Pass program

[robertm]

Originally Posted by r2d2rd

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

I don't think it is related to where you live. It is dependent upon the issuing authority of your EZ Pass tag. Mine was issued by NJ and they have no discount plan. If your tag was issued the the Port Authority then they will give you a green tag.

Please let us know if you have a NJ tag or not. I am hoping one day NJ tag holders will not be second class PA citizens.

Rob

[SparrowHawk60]

We need an update to this post! What's the story with linking the Green Pass programs together? Has anyone managed to get this done and have it work correctly?

[Bababooey]

When I cross any of the PANYNJ bridges or tunnels during off-peak hours, I am charged $4.00 for the toll instead of $6.00.

The only negative of having an EZPass issued through the Port Authority is the fact that, unlike the NYS Thruway Authority and MTA Bridges & Tunnels, they charge a $1.00 per month "administrative fee".

I recently traveled on the New York State Thruway from Albany to Harriman, and after I received my EZPass statement, I noticed that I was charged the regular toll. Previously, I was told by the brain dead nit-wits at the EZPass Service Center that my Green Pass account would be linked so I would get the 10% discount on the NYS Thuway, but I guess that I was lied to!

I have recently moved back to the NYC Metropolitan Area after living upstate for 5 years, so at least I can drive in the HOV lane on the Long Island Expressway during rush hour!

Fortunately, I won't be traveling on the facilities of the NYS Thruway Authority very often, so the fact that my Green Pass was never linked is no longer an issue!

[Boo]

Originally Posted by Bababooey

The only negative of having an EZPass issued through the Port Authority is the fact that, unlike the NYS Thruway Authority and MTA Bridges & Tunnels, they charge a $1.00 per month "administrative fee".

Holy cow, I never knew that. Don't remember ever seeing that $1 monthly charge mentioned on the websites or applications. In any event, it's not right. I too am angry about it.

[Boo]

Originally Posted by Bababooey

The only negative of having an EZPass issued through the Port Authority is the fact that, unlike the NYS Thruway Authority and MTA Bridges & Tunnels, they charge a $1.00 per month "administrative fee".

Baba,

I just remembered my PIN so I saw my EZPass statement for my PA Green Pass Tag for the first time. Yup. Had $1 a month charged to it for "Account Service Fee".

Did some research on the net. Turns out that the PA may have been one of the first of the EZPass issuing agencies to charge this $1 a month fee. But I hear other agencies (maybe all of them?) have followed suit. I found this 2005 article in the NY Times saying that the MTA was going to start imposing the same fee:

Metro Briefing | New York: M.T.A. To Charge E-ZPass Service Fee - New York Times

Then I checked one of my old MTA EZPass statements from 2005-2006, and sure enough, it had the $1 a month Account Service Fee too.

Still think the whole thing stinks. Not necessarily because of the fee itself. But more because of the lack of notice and the switch and bait aspect of it all.