What is uuct-nysba fee?

When logged in to your E-ZPass account, select the NYSBA Commuter Plan in the options for your tag. E-ZPass On-the-Go tags are pre-packaged passenger car tags that can be purchased for $25 at any NYSBA staffed toll lane or one of these retailers. Plan Code: (NYSBA) - Required Prepayment ($25. Enrolled E-ZPass customers will receive a discount off the full fare off-peak toll on the New. Jersey drivers pay E-ZPass fees, which total $18 a year, even if they aren't charged a single toll.

New Jersey E-ZPass fees can feel like the death of a thousand cuts to a driver’s wallet.

Jersey drivers pay E-ZPass fees, which total $18 a year, even if they aren't charged a single toll. Add a few long trips to your regular tolls and fees and it may be time to replenish the money in your account sooner than later.

Think it’s chump change?

In 2017 there were 21.59 million E-ZPass accounts among the 16 states that use the electronic toll collection system. About 80 percent of drivers on the New Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Parkway pay their tolls with E-ZPass. Suddenly a dollar here and there adds up to big money.

(Larry Higgs | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com)

What we pay in Jersey.

All New Jersey E-ZPass customers are charged a separate $1 monthly service fee and another $1 for bi-monthly statements, which are billed every other month.

The $1 monthly service charge was instituted in July 2002,” said Thomas Feeney, an NJ Turnpike Authority spokesman. “That has nothing to do with your account statement, though.”

The statement fee goes back to at least 2003, Feeney said. The Turnpike Authority runs the state E-ZPass group.

“It’s your choice whether you get it by mail or electronically. There is no difference in the cost,” he said.

Where N.J. drivers get a break.

Jersey drivers get a break because they don't have to buy an E-ZPass transponder. Other states take a big bite on day one, either by charging drivers a fee for transponders or requiring them to buy it outright.

Drivers who link their N.J. E-ZPass account to a bank account, credit or debit card essentially get a free tag, as long as they don’t lose it. Even cash customers pay less, posting a $10 tag deposit in New Jersey when they open an account.

New York State also gives it's E-Zpass drivers a similar break as New Jersey, waiving transponder fees except for cash and check customers.

What are other state's fees?

Other states charge a variety of monthly E-ZPass fees.

Similar to New Jersey, Delaware also charges a $1 monthly fee or $8 a year for emailed statements. Drivers can avoid it by opting to get quarterly statements. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey charges its E-ZPass customers a $1 per month service fee.

New York State charges E-ZPass customers a $6 annual fee for monthly statements. Pennsylvania charges a $4 a month fee for printed statements for every three E-ZPass transponders a customer has. Account information is available on line for a limited time period.

(Larry Higgs | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com)

Pay me now.

Drivers in several neighboring states have to pay for an E-Z Pass transponder on day one.

Delaware charges drivers a $15 non-refundable transponder fee and drivers also have to pony-up another $25 minimum to fund the account.

Pennsylvania charges a $35 fee for a transponder and a $3 annual fee to open an account.

Drivers using an New York MTA E-ZPass transponder are billed 50 cents a month for the tag.

Forget the fee, take the tag.

Other states have ditched some fees to encourage more drivers to use E-ZPass. In some states, that is a prelude to the beginning of cashless tolling

Maryland and Virginia both eliminated their transponder fees. Maryland officials axed a $7.50 transponder fee in May that officials estimated would save drivers $46 million. The transponder fee had been reduced from $16.

In 2014, Virginia eliminated a 50 cent per month E-ZPass transponder fee when Gov. Terry McAuliffe signed a bill ending it.

Larry Higgs may be reached at lhiggs@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @commutinglarry. Find NJ.com on Facebook.

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