![]() I've left the lights on in my car a few times. ''You have to remember to take it out all the time,'' she said. Seidman, 27, of Hoboken, N.J., said she had heard stories of criminals breaking into cars and stealing E-Z Pass transponders. ''So I'm not sure it's worth the effort.'' ''I got the paperwork a few months ago, and it looked pretty complicated,'' Ellen Seidman, an editor at Glamour magazine, said. ''When are they going to get this thing on line?''īut not everyone was convinced. ''I got mine,'' shouted John Canizaro of Lodi, N.J., waving his audio-cassette-size transponder as he rolled through a toll lane. Even a minute less spent driving to work would be great, he said. Cordero said he works seven days a week as a doorman at two Upper West Side buildings - including three double shifts, when he only gets four hours' sleep a night. ''I was talking to a guy on my job, he told me about the E-Z Pass,'' said Pablo Cordero, 56, of West New York, N.J. But several motorists said they were looking forward to the discounts and convenience of the new system. E-Z Pass users - including infrequent travelers - will save 10 percent off the $4 toll, the same discount regular commuters now enjoy.Īt the Lincoln Tunnel toll plaza yesterday, cars with transponders on their windshields were clearly in the minority. Two of the 13 lanes at the Lincoln Tunnel will be dedicated for E-Z Pass users, as will at least one of the nine lanes at the Holland Tunnel, although all lanes at both tunnels will be able to read the E-Z Pass transponders. The small E-Z Pass transponders, mounted on windshields, are read electronically at toll gates and fares are automatically deducted from customers' accounts. You're getting a convenience, and you'll get a time savings during off-peak hours.'' ''E-Z Pass is not going to create a free-flowing traffic lane during rush hour. ![]() ''We're trying to lower people's expectations,'' he said. But the toll plaza itself is the main bottleneck for the bridge, he noted: once through, bridge traffic feeds into several highways, including the Cross-Bronx Expressway.īy contrast, at the Hudson River tunnels, the capacity of the tubes themselves and stoplights and traffic jams on the New York City side are the sources of most slowdowns, Mr. Hatfield Jr., a Port Authority spokesman, said. Lest anyone hope, however, that radio reports of ''15-minute delays at the inbound Holland Tunnel'' or ''25-minute delays at the Lincoln Tunnel helix'' will quickly fade into memory, officials with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey warned yesterday that the E-Z Pass system is unlikely to ease morning rush-hour traffic at the two tunnels any time soon.Īt the George Washington Bridge, traffic snarls decreased considerably after E-Z Pass was introduced in July, Mark O. For the first time, commuters will be able to drive to and from the city by any route without having to dig for dollar bills, scrounge for coins or hold up traffic asking for a receipt. Just after midnight tonight, an electronic cordon around New York City will be complete when the E-Z Pass system is switched on at the toll plazas of the Holland and Lincoln Tunnels. ![]()
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