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If you want to get a tag but don't own a car, you can still sign up online. This is what the rep told me to do. Falsify info on your cars plates, make and model (for the plate# write the first two letters of your family name with the last 4 digits of your cell number, year: current year, make\model: choose any), and once you have an account just log in and remove that car from your profile.

For those travelling the Lakewood - Brooklyn route often:

Sign up for a NY EZpass from either the NYSTA (Thruway) or MTA to avoid the $1 monthly fee. NJ/NY Port Authority charges the monthly fee.
The point of getting the NY and not NJ is to make some frequently travelled tolls cheaper.  The Verrazano bridge will be $6.55 instead of $10.17, the battery tunnel will be $5.33 instead of $7.50, the discounts you will lose out on for not having the NJ pass are very minimal (a couple of cents on the NJTP during peak hours)

Add the following discount plans:
Port Authority Staten Island Bridges Plan (PASI), which makes all PA bridges (Outerbridge,Bayonne,Goethals) $5.25,when crossing 3 or more times a month. There is nothing to lose as if you don't travel 3 times they simply adjust it to charge you the regular

You have to add carpool to your plan but if you end up going less than 3 times in the 30 day period you pay the full price for the toll (a little cheaper cause your using ezpass). I believe it takes 24 hours from when you call for it to activate and its per 30 day period not monthly.

EZP rate.
Port Authority Carpool Plan, $5 if you have 3+ people in the car.

NOTE: Sometimes signing up for the EZP with carpool on the plan you initially order, can cause a Port Authority EZ Pass to arrive (which has a monthly fee). It's therefore suggested to order a standard plan, wait until you receive your EZP (hopefully the MTA or NY Thruway  EZP versions) and then tack on the Port Authority Carpool Plan afterwards.   

Edit 5/19/2014: You can add PACP and PASI yourself on the website (in case the phone hours aren't convenient or you just plain don't like calling in general). Log in and choose "Plans" from the links on the left side of the page.

Another plus to having MTA issuing authority is that you can use PPT. Under this plan, you can keep a $0 balance in your EZ Pass account, and have tolls deducted from your bank account at the end of each day (by ACH). Downside is no miles for paying tolls, credit card is only a backup for when the ACH fails. (And if ACH fails even once you lose PPT plan and have to keep a debit balance in your account, so you can't have the miles & PPT :) )

Edit 12/28/2015: In order to ensure that you are enrolled by the MTA agency (see above), when you sign up, you should give an address in NYC (not just NYS). If you don't live there, ask a friend who lives there to receive the tags for you, and use his address. Afterwards, you may change the address to your home address in NJ (or wherever), and add whichever plans you want. This was suggested to me by EZ Pass, and it works.

To return an extra tag for NY MTA Authority:

Please return your tag(s) to:
P.O. Box 149001
Staten Island, NY 10314
along with a letter that states your Name, signature and E-ZPass account number.
For further assistance please contact (800) 333-8655 to speak with a Customer Service Representative.
« Last edited by qooldude on May 16, 2022, 04:34:23 PM »

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Re: EZPass Newbie
« Reply #580 on: May 24, 2023, 03:35:51 PM »
@yelped @Realshlomo was that the reason you got the PANJNY version?
It may have been. It's been awhile I don't remember if I did it with a plan.

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Re: EZPass Newbie
« Reply #581 on: May 24, 2023, 03:38:19 PM »
@yelped @Realshlomo was that the reason you got the PANJNY version?
No. Was a while ago, but I remember seeing these instructions here and not adding anything until after I received it.

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Re: EZPass Newbie
« Reply #582 on: May 24, 2023, 03:39:54 PM »

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Re: EZPass Newbie
« Reply #583 on: May 24, 2023, 03:42:52 PM »
@yelped @Realshlomo was that the reason you got the PANJNY version?
That was my experience - like 15 years ago..
Had advised many people over the years to do so and they all had success

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Re: EZPass Newbie
« Reply #584 on: May 24, 2023, 07:52:04 PM »
Did the posters above order on

https://www.ezpassnj.com

Or

https://www.e-zpassny.com

I'm in NJ but ordered from the NY site & I'm getting the $1 month fee

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Re: EZPass Newbie
« Reply #585 on: May 24, 2023, 09:56:42 PM »
I'm in NJ but ordered from the NY site & I'm getting the $1 month fee
You had it shipped to New Jersey.?

You'll need to make a new account and have it shipped to a New York address.
And don't add any plans on it until after you get it.
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Re: EZPass Newbie
« Reply #586 on: May 24, 2023, 10:27:56 PM »
I got mine sent to Brooklyn address about 2 years ago.
Didn't choose any plan.
Don't get charged $1 per month, so I guess it is mta

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« Reply #587 on: May 24, 2023, 10:34:06 PM »
I got mine sent to Brooklyn address about 2 years ago.
Didn't choose any plan.
Don't get charged $1 per month, so I guess it is mta
Yup. Will say on the tag mta.
And has a purple color to it Versus the panjny tag which is a blue greenish.
  Sibling not long ago ordered a tag and selected a plan and got the $1 a month tag.
 So the culprit seems to be adding a plan before getting the tag.
  And obviously ordering it to a New York address.. Again it can be possible to get a regular tag even to a non-new York address but chances are much slimmer.
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Re: EZPass Newbie
« Reply #588 on: May 24, 2023, 10:49:13 PM »
I got mine sent to Brooklyn address about 2 years ago.
Didn't choose any plan.
Don't get charged $1 per month, so I guess it is mta
Yup. Will say on the tag mta.
And has a purple color to it Versus the panjny tag which is a blue greenish.
  Sibling not long ago ordered a tag and selected a plan and got the $1 a month tag.
 So the culprit seems to be adding a plan before getting the tag.
  And obviously ordering it to a New York address.. Again it can be possible to get a regular tag even to a non-new York address but chances are much slimmer.
So I choose PPT when ordering a new tag?

You have to choose an option.

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Re: EZPass Newbie
« Reply #589 on: May 24, 2023, 10:51:26 PM »
Yup. Will say on the tag mta.
And has a purple color to it Versus the panjny tag which is a blue greenish.
  Sibling not long ago ordered a tag and selected a plan and got the $1 a month tag.
 So the culprit seems to be adding a plan before getting the tag.
  And obviously ordering it to a New York address.. Again it can be possible to get a regular tag even to a non-new York address but chances are much slimmer.
Don't have access to it at the moment to check

So I choose PPT when ordering a new tag?

You have to choose an option.

I have it on autopay, I guess pay per toll

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Re: EZPass Newbie
« Reply #590 on: May 24, 2023, 10:53:07 PM »
So I choose PPT when ordering a new tag?

You have to choose an option.
Standard plan.
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Re: EZPass Newbie
« Reply #591 on: May 25, 2023, 06:00:52 AM »
You had it shipped to New Jersey.?

You'll need to make a new account and have it shipped to a New York address.
And don't add any plans on it until after you get it.
Is Monsey considered NY or does it need to be Brooklyn like Boro Park?

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Re: EZPass Newbie
« Reply #592 on: May 25, 2023, 06:06:46 AM »
You had it shipped to New Jersey.?

You'll need to make a new account and have it shipped to a New York address.
And don't add any plans on it until after you get it.
When creating a new account to get the mta tags, can I order more than 1 tag initially or only 1?

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Re: EZPass Newbie
« Reply #593 on: May 25, 2023, 08:45:39 AM »
Are there any more discounts on NJ tolls with the PANY/NJ EZpass?

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Re: EZPass Newbie
« Reply #594 on: May 25, 2023, 10:36:50 AM »
Are there any more discounts on NJ tolls with the PANY/NJ EZpass?

I don't seem to get Turnpike discounts with my MTA EZpass, but believe I used to get them when I had NJ EZpass. I'm happier saving the monthly fee because of not frequently taking the NJT.

Parkway tolls come up as $2.02 which seems to be discounted

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Re: EZPass Newbie
« Reply #595 on: May 25, 2023, 10:58:30 AM »
Personally, I think the chase to avoid the $1 PANYNJ monthly fee on its E-ZPass tags is seriously misplaced in the overall scheme, even if you drive occasionally drive in and around MTA-operated facilities.

Given that a PANYNJ tag is a "New York" one, the toll savings on MTA bridges and tunnels compared to a non-New York one is more than enough to balance it out. Looking at:

https://new.mta.info/fares-and-tolls/bridges-and-tunnels/tolls-by-vehicle/cars

it's currently a couple of round-trips yearly, comparing the E-ZPass and Tolls By Mail rates (which are paid by non-NY E-ZPass holders). As an example, the Henry Hudson differential is astounding in percentages.

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Re: EZPass Newbie
« Reply #596 on: May 29, 2023, 02:45:37 PM »
The same 3-tier rate structure currently applies to the NYS Thruway as well, but rate changes are in store:

https://www.thruway.ny.gov/news/adjustment/index.html

If these proposals are adopted, the non-New York E-ZPass and Tolls By Mail rates are going to be aligned starting in 2024 and raised significantly to 75% more than those for a vehicle with a "New York" E-ZPass. A single round-trip on the Tappan Zee Mario Cuomo Bridge with a full-rate New York E-ZPass will save $11.62, which is certainly an incentive.


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Re: EZPass Newbie
« Reply #597 on: June 11, 2023, 07:10:38 AM »
With a panynj ezpass, does anyone know how much the Outerbridge is supposed to be & how much for the Verrazano?

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Re: EZPass Newbie
« Reply #598 on: June 15, 2023, 02:23:28 AM »
When ordering a 2nd ezpass to use for a 2nd car,  do you know if you have to also pay the $1 monthly on the 2nd tag as well, or the $1 fee is per account, not tag?

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Re: EZPass Newbie
« Reply #599 on: June 25, 2023, 10:50:25 PM »
does anyone know how to change the ez pass "replenishment amount" for a nj account?
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