Overview
- New Jersey Turnpike Authority will pilot about 3,000 sticker tags on agency vehicles for roughly eight weeks starting in the spring, with planning cited around May.
- If the trial performs well, officials say customer distribution could begin as early as late 2026, though no statewide switch has been decided.
- The thin windshield tags use battery‑free microchips or barcodes read by toll gantries, and existing hard‑case transponders will continue to work during any transition.
- MassDOT began issuing stickers on March 1, reporting a per‑unit cost of about $0.65 versus roughly $10 for hard‑case transponders, offering a regional benchmark.
- NJ officials highlight tamper‑evident, non‑transferable stickers as a security upgrade, and note potential savings after spending $8.4 million in 2022 to replace failing transponder batteries.