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Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission to Shift to Cashless Tolling

The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission is planning to transition its network of toll bridges to all-electronic cashless toll collection by early 2025, according to a staff report from Levittown Now.

The commission will start implementing a phased-in "soft conversion" at its seven E-ZPass/cash tolling points to Toll By Plate in January. This new system captures a vehicle's license plate to bill the vehicle owner.

The car toll will remain at $3. Meanwhile, E-ZPass users will pay half that in 2024.

So far, the only bridge that uses a cashless system is the Scudder Falls Toll Bridge in Lower Makefield Township. The seven older bridges currently accept either E-ZPass or cash.

The New Hope-Lambertville Toll Bridge in Solebury Township is the first on the list to offer Toll By Plate as a third payment option. This will become available on January 17.

After the cashless system becomes available at all bridges, a "hard conversion phase" will commence. This phase will include the removal of barrier toll plazas as well as the construction of highway-speed all-electronic tolling gantries.

Read more about the planned changes for the Delaware River toll bridges in Levittown Now (down below).

https://levittownnow.com/2023/12/18/nearby-delaware-river-joint-toll-bridge-commission-to-transition-to-cashless-tolling/

NEARBY: Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission To Transition To Cashless Tolling

The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission announced its plan to shift its network of toll bridges to cashless all-electronic toll collections by January 2025.

The move follows a trend in electronic toll collections usage on the commission's spans, which accounts for 89 percent of the commission's transactions.

Starting next month, the commission will introduce a phased-in "soft conversion" to Toll By Plate at its seven E-ZPass/cash tolling points.

The system captures a vehicle's license plate for billing purposes.

The Toll By Plate car toll will be $3, equal to the current cash rate. In comparison, E-ZPass users will pay $1.50 in 2024.

The only bridge currently employing a cashless system is the Scudder Falls (I-295) Toll Bridge in Lower Makefield Township. The other seven older bridges accept either E-ZPass or cash.

The New Hope-Lambertville (Route 202) Toll Bridge in Solebury Township will be the first to offer Toll By Plate as a third payment option starting January 17.

The Solebury Township bridge that connects to Hunterdon County, New Jersey will serve as a testing site before expanding the option to six other toll bridges on January 24, including the Trenton-Morrisville (Route 1) Toll Bridge.

In June 2024, three of the commission's lowest-volume toll bridges—New Hope-Lambertville, Portland-Columbia, and Milford-Montague—will stop cash collections, exclusively handling E-ZPass and Toll By Plate transactions.

A firm date for this conversion will be announced in spring.

The full switch for the Trenton-Morrisville Toll Bridge and others is scheduled for January 2025.

The switch will be followed by a "hard conversion phase," which involves removing barrier toll plazas and constructing highway-speed all-electronic tolling gantries.

The first bridge to receive a cashless gantry will be the New Hope-Lambertville Bridge in 2025.

The commission said in a statement they plan to complete this process at all older bridges by 2032.

This transition matches similar actions by other tolling agencies, including the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, to eliminate cash collections.

The commission currently employs 370 staff, down from 400 in 2019, and ceased hiring full-time toll collectors in early 2020.

For setting up an E-ZPass account, customers are directed to visit the New Jersey E-ZPass Customer Service Center at www.ezpassnj.com.

How about the Busy crossings like US-22 Pburg Easton I-78 Exit 75 I-80 Del Water Gap when will these go gantry only? If your E-Z pass tag is not working the System takes a picture of your plate yet charges the E-Z Pass rate. Knew this from the Bayonne Bridge and NJ Turnpike tolls using a 2012 Transponder

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How about the Busy crossings like US-22 Pburg Easton I-78 Exit 75 I-80 Del Water Gap when will these go gantry only? If your E-Z pass tag is not working the System takes a picture of your plate yet charges the E-Z Pass rate. Knew this from the Bayonne Bridge and NJ Turnpike tolls using a 2012 Transponder

They don't have a schedule set for when each toll bridge will receive a highway-speed all-electronic tolling gantry, but the first one will be the New Hope-Lambertville (Route 202) Toll Bridge (set to go live in 2025).

From the DRBJC: "After a roughly five-month introduction of system-wide TOLL BY PLATE billing, the Commission's toll-collection conversion process will advance to a second phase called "AET in-place." This is expected to occur in June 2024, when the agency's three lowest-volume toll bridges – New Hope-Lambertville, Portland-Columbia, and Milford-Montague – are to cease cash collections and handle solely all-electronic E-ZPass and TOLL BY PLATE transactions. A firm date for this conversion is to be announced in the spring."

"Cashless AET collections are projected to be implemented in January 2025 at the Commission's four remaining higher-volume toll bridges: Trenton-Morrisville, I-78, Easton-Phillipsburg, and Delaware Water Gap. A firm date for this conversion won't be determined until late 2024."
- https://www.drjtbc.org/2024/01/reminder-toll-by-plate-payment-option-expands-tomorrow-to-drjtbcs-six-remaining-e-zpass-cash-tolling-points/