Tolls

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If you often drive around in New Jersey, you might already know that it's considered one of the trickiest places to drive in. But is it really the absolute worst? While you might think about heavy traffic in places like Los Angeles or the bumper-to-bumper jams in Chicago, it turns out that New Jersey is actually ranked as the worst state to drive in, according to MoneyGeek...

We have yet another price increase for commuters who head into New York City from the Garden State. Here's what we know:

The cost of tolls are increasing on the Garden State Parkway and the New Jersey Turnpike for a third year in a row at the start of 2023.

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The New Jersey Turnpike Authority, which operates the Garden State Parkway and the New Jersey Turnpike, is raising tolls by 3% in 2022.

A three-year toll hike begins in 2022 for five Jersey Shore bridges connecting towns in Cape May and Atlantic counties.

When tolls were hiked significantly last year, the vote also authorized annual increases to account for inflation and pay for construction plans.

For the first time since 2012, it's going to cost you more to travel on New Jersey's busiest roadways. In fact, it's going to cost you a LOT more to travel on the Garden State Parkway, New Jersey Turnpike and Atlantic City Expressway, effective at 12:01 am on Sunday (September 13).

Transportation advocates worry a hike in NJ Transit fares could be next and say the state should divert toll-hike revenue rather than widen roads.

Opponents of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority’s plans for $24 billion of construction turned the agency’s monthly meeting into an unofficial public hearing.

Activists who oppose spending $16 billion to widen parts of the Parkway and Turnpike are suggesting $36 billion in other ideas – most of it transit projects.