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Toll scrip, one dollar, issued by Port of New York Authority for use at its bridges & tunnels. N.d., issued ca. 1942 to 1972.

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Toll scrip, one dollar, issued by Port of New York Authority for use at its bridges and tunnels. No date, circa 1942 to 1972. Single printed coupon, 2-1/8" high x 3-7/8" wide, as removed from book (perforated left edge). Serial number: No. P 630048. The name of the issuing agency, Port of New York Authority, was changed in 1972 to Port Authority of New York & New Jersey. That was the same year that Austin J. Tobin retired as Executive Director (serving 1942-1972) and whose fascimile signature appears on the coupon. See notes. The toll for buses and trucks was $1 and for automobiles fifty cents through most of the era. ----- Good Until Used ---- Acceptable at its Face Value of One Dollar at any of the following: Holland Tunnel Lincoln Tunnel George Washington Bridge Goethals Bridge Bayonne Bridge Outerbridge Crossing ==== Printed by Rand McNally. Form code: Series TS4-1935. ---- ticket / transportation /

2013.005.0161

2013.005

Lukacs, Claire

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Museum Collections. Gift of a Friend of the Museum.

1942 - 1972

Date(s) Created: 1951-1972 ca Date(s): 1942-1972

Notes: Source: https://bulk.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F2/592/592.F2d.658.29.78-6054.html On April 10, 1975, PA [Port Authority of New York & New Jersey] adopted new bridge tolls effective May 5, 1975; this was the first increase in more than four decades. PA raised the standard automobile round trip rate on its four bridges from $1 to $1.50, and the commuter round trip rate from 50 cents to $1, and increased the truck rate by 50%. Bus tolls were not increased and PA instituted a carpool discount whereby vehicles carrying three or more persons during weekdays would be charged only $.50. ==== source: http://www.panynj.gov/press-room/press-item.cfm?headLine_id=1589 PORT AUTHORITY ANNOUNCES CHANGES TO ACCEPTANCE OF TOLL TICKETS AT ITS VEHICULAR CROSSINGS Date: May 24, 2012 Press Release Number: 78-2012 The Port Authority today announced it will no longer accept toll tickets – known as Toll Scrip and Universal Tickets – in the toll lanes of its bridges and tunnels beginning July 1, 2012. The agency will continue to refund tickets held by the public at their original sales value. The Port Authority issued the toll tickets years ago to users of its bridges and tunnels to help reduce the transaction time for toll payment, which in turn would help improve traffic flow and reduce congestion. As an incentive for customers to use the more efficient toll payment system, the tickets provided the buyer with a 10 percent discount off the toll. The first toll scrip was issued on August 9, 1951 at a 10 percent discount and were “good until used.” The Port Authority stopped selling the tickets after it started using the E-Z Pass electronic toll collection system in 1997, which discounts all E-ZPass transactions. The agency continues to use E-ZPass today. ==== source: http://www.panynj.gov/bridges-tunnels/tolls-scrip.html Port Authority Scrip and Universal tickets acceptance for toll payment at Port Authority tunnels and bridges ended June 30, 2012. ==== ==== Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2013-07-06

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