MTA Seizes 20 Vehicles Owing $600,000 In Evaded Tolls

Via press release from the MTA: 

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) today announced that its Bridge and Tunnel officers stopped and seized 20 vehicles belonging to persistent toll violators at the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge on Monday, March 20. The scofflaws accounted for nearly $600,000, in unpaid tolls and fees.

These efforts go a long way towards securing toll revenue of which surplus is allocated to fund mass transit, and to be able to accomplish so much in a tight period is a testament to the work of Bridge and Tunnel officers. Officers have proven time and time again, if motorists try to evade paying the toll, they will get caught.

“Bridge and Tunnel officers have all the tools to find persistent toll violators no matter how many tricks they try,” said MTA Bridges and Tunnels Vice President & Chief of Operations Richard L. Hildebrand II. “This is just the latest example of the success our team has had in ensuring that motorists pay their fair share.”

Bridge and Tunnel Officers’ vehicles are equipped with specialized license plate readers that can identify motorists who are operating vehicles with a suspended registration due to unpaid tolls.

MTA Bridges and Tunnels, through tolls and fees collected, recovered more than 90% of the tolls owed by recidivist toll scofflaws since the inception of the DMV Registration Suspension Program.

See all the seized vehicles here.