Overview
- NJ Turnpike Authority spokesperson Tom Feeney said the agency will test E‑ZPass stickers on its fleet vehicles and will draft a plan for customers if the trial shows no issues.
- The stickers carry RFID chips read by overhead gantries, preserving the drive‑through tolling experience used with current transponders.
- Massachusetts began issuing free E‑ZPass stickers this week for new accounts and replacements, with officials estimating more than $7 million in yearly savings.
- New Jersey spent $8.4 million in 2022 replacing batteries in about 920,000 transponders, a cost the battery‑free stickers are designed to avoid.
- The evaluation comes as regional toll roads move to cashless collection, with the Atlantic City Expressway already cashless and the Garden State Parkway and New Jersey Turnpike set to follow, while existing transponders remain in use during testing.