NEWS
By Michael Dresser and Michael Dresser,Sun reporter | November 10, 2007
A Rosedale man lost his license plates this week after he was found to have accumulated more than $10,000 in unpaid tolls and penalties on Maryland roadways, the Maryland Transportation Authority said yesterday. John Russell Bright III, 50, was also charged with driving with a suspended registration. The motorist was caught up in the fourth of a series of Maryland Transportation Authority Police enforcement exercises aimed at cracking down on chronic toll violators who breeze through E-ZPass lanes without paying.
NEWS
By Candus Thomson, The Baltimore Sun | March 13, 2012
Maryland may eventually do away with tollbooths on the state's highways, bridges and tunnels and switch to electronic toll collection. A preliminary report by the Maryland Transportation Authority concluded that converting its seven toll plazas is feasible but would cost as much as $180 million. Transportation officials initiated the study as they look for long-term savings and ways to reduce travel time and increase highway safety. "It's something we're interested in doing.
NEWS
May 17, 2011
toll facility current 2011 2012 2013 Commuter rates? Fort McHenry tunnel $2 each way $3 $4 $1.80 in 2012; $2.80 in 2013 Harbor Tunnel $2 each way $3 $4 $1.80 in 2012; $2.80 in 2013 Key Bridge $2 each way $3 $4 $1.80 in 2012; $2.80 in 2013 Bay Bridge $2.50 eastbound only $5 ...
NEWS
January 30, 2013
Del. Jon Cardin said Wednesday that he has reached an agreement with the Maryland Transportation Authority that will pre-empt a bill he filed requiring the agency to report how much money it failed to collect because of toll violations in E-ZPass lanes. Cardin said he had negotiated an agreement with Harold Bartlett, executive secretary of the authority, that will bring more transparency to the agency's toll collection efforts. The Baltimore County Democrat said the authority agreed to post on its web site information about its fine collection efforts as well as the amounts of uncollected fines.
EXPLORE
February 22, 2012
When the universal product code bridge stickers are no longer accepted for those of us who regularly cross the Susquehanna River on the Route 40 bridge between Havre de Grace and Perryville, a sad day will have come. When Maryland adopted the E-Zpass system a few years back, it wasn't hard to predict that certain other toll systems would come to an end. Within a few years one way or another of the inception of the E-Zpass system, the old dime tolls around Richmond, Va., became a thing of the past.
NEWS
By David Nitkin and David Nitkin,SUN STAFF | June 2, 2005
Holiday weekend traffic on the Bay Bridge flowed more smoothly than in the past as travelers appeared to heed suggestions to avoid peak hours, Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. said yesterday. "I want to take this opportunity to thank Marylanders for their performance in the Memorial Day weekend," said Ehrlich, who launched a campaign encouraging vacationers to go to the Eastern Shore earlier or stay later to avoid bridge congestion. Last Thursday between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., an off-peak travel time, 10,000 vehicles crossed the bridge, the governor said, up from 4,300 during the same period a year ago. On Friday between 3 p.m. and 10 p.m., a period of typically heavy use, 17,000 vehicles traveled the bridge, down from 22,000 a year ago. Use of E-ZPass, the high-speed electronic toll system, is on the rise, contributing to smoother travel, the governor said.