New York Bridges and Tunnels To Get All-Electronic Tolling

New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has selected TransCore to convert all nine of its bridges and tunnels to All-Electronic Tolling (AET). Under an accelerated roll-out schedule, TransCore will finish converting the first three facilities by January 2017. The remaining conversions will be completed through November 2017.

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo first announced the New York Crossings Project in October, as a broad initiative to reduce traffic congestion and decrease vehicle emissions for the 800,000 commuters who cross these roads and bridges every day.

“By investing in New York’s transportation network today and equipping it to meet the challenges of tomorrow, we are cementing our state’s position as a national leader in 21st century infrastructure and cutting-edge innovation,” Governor Cuomo said. “From speeding up commutes and reducing emissions on key roadways with automatic tolling to bolstering resiliency on our bridges and tunnels and increasing security at key checkpoints, this transformational project will revolutionize transportation in New York and ensure that our state is built to lead for generations to come,” Governor Cuomo stated when unveiling the new initiative.

The facilities being converted include:

Henry Hudson Bridge
Hugh L. Carey Tunnel
Queens Midtown Tunnel
Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge
Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge
Robert F. Kennedy Bridge
Verrazano-Narrows Bridge
Throgs Neck Bridge
Bronx-Whitestone Bridge

In terms of scale, the MTA ranks as the largest toll agency in the United States.

The Infinity system integrates automatic vehicle identification, vehicle classification, and video capture and recognition systems specifically designed to automatically collect transactions in high-volume traffic across a wide variety of traffic speeds and patterns with the highest degrees of accuracy in the industry.

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