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3/30/08: Some drivers ahead of E-ZPass curve

3/18/08: Ohio Turnpike installing E-ZPass by next year

3/17/08: Police: arrest too stiff a penalty for E-ZPass violators

3/13/08: Lights, camera, I-PASS: Instructional video shows dos, don'ts

3/06/08: Hi tech may put end to MTA tollbooths

3/02/08: E-ZPass Was Just the Beginning

2/27/08: Turnpike toll takers' guns collected

2/26/08: Port Authority offers breaks for hybrids

2/25/08: Study: Del. Mem. Bridge traffic down

2/23/08: Ten years of E-ZPass on Mid-Hudson Bridge

2/21/08: Toll road fares to increase April 1

2/17/08: Strapped for highway funds, Arizona considering tolls

2/11/08: As Toll Dodgers Get Creative, Eyes of E-ZPass Are Watching

2/08/08: Having a hard time with E-ZPass
"James A. Crawford, executive of the E-ZPass Interagency Group in Atlantic City, said he believes tailgating, rather than malfunctioning equipment, is more often the reason for axle miscounts. But he doesn't think most tailgaters are doing so to beat tolls."

2/08/08: Illinois Tollway seeks to boost I-PASS sales in Wisconsin

1/29/08: Lawmakers move to change E-ZPass rules after arrest

1/25/08: Toll hikes driving more motorists to get E-ZPass

1/25/08: Toll Discounts for Going Green

1/16/08: Sensible ideas on the use of I-PASS 01/16/08

1/15/08: Toll enforcement fix will have to wait 01/15/08

1/15/08: Burlington County would feel toll-hike pain
New Jersey E-ZPass holders from Burlington County paid nearly $7.7 million in tolls on the New Jersey Turnpike during the most recent fiscal year between June 2006 and May 2007, statistics from the authority show.

1/13/08: Electronic tolling months away for Indiana Toll Road
PORTAGE, Ind. - The private operator of the Indiana Toll Road anticipates an electronic tolling system will be ready for the full highway in April, nearly a year after it first expected it to be in place but months before its deadline with the state.

1/08/08: ACS Awarded Ten-Year E-ZPass New York Contract
DALLAS, Jan 08, 2008 -- Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. (NYSE: ACS) today announced that it has been awarded the E-ZPass New York Customer Service Center contract with the MTA Bridges and Tunnels, the New York State Thruway Authority, and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. ACS was the incumbent vendor in this procurement.

1/06/08: Taking a heavy toll "Hunkered in her idling SUV outside the tollway's headquarters, Leslie Boudreau frantically sifts through papers that say she owes $4,619 for blowing $179.50 in tolls over the last year. Pay up in two weeks, the papers say, or owe the tollway $15,739 and eventually lose your driver's license."

1/01/08: DRBA to charge E-ZPass users fee 01/01/08
NEW CASTLE, Del. Beginning today, users of the Delaware River and Bay Authority's E-ZPass program will begin paying a monthly membership for the convenience of using the electronic toll collection system to cross the Delaware Memorial Bridge.

10/25/07: New Program Targeting Toll Road Scofflaws Bill Henning Video
The Maryland State Highway Patrol demonstrates a new system to set up those who speed through E-ZPass lanes at toll booths even though they are not enrolled in the system. The state loses up to $3 million annually by those who cheat.

10/18/07: New York's E-ZPass Customer Service Center Recognized for World-Class Customer Service
DALLAS,-- Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. today announced its New York E-ZPass Customer Service Center received for the second time a "Certified Center of Excellence" designation from BenchmarkPortal and the Center for Customer-Driven Quality at Purdue University. ACS operates the call center for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority-Bridges and Tunnels, the New York State Thruway Authority, and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

10/10/07: Lack of State Money No Barrier to Toll Road Planning,
Raleigh — Even without state funding, officials continue to plan for toll roads in North Carolina.

10/09/07: Police Cameras Catch More Than Toll Violators.

(WJZ) MARYLAND The state of Maryland is owed more than $3 million by motorists who plow through toll plazas without paying.

Mike Schuh reports a new way of catching them is helping to find other crooks, too.

10/01/07: E-ZPass records popping up in trials

A woman accused of killing her husband is convicted after New Jersey prosecutors reconstruct her movements. Investigators pieced together the driving route of a missing Baltimore federal prosecutor who later turned up dead. Prosecutors in a New York City murder trial discredited a suspect's alibi.

10/01/07: Illinois Highway Cheats Owe $80K in Unpaid Tolls,

The former owners of an Illinois taxi cab owe the Illinois Tollway $80,571 for unpaid tolls dating back to 2003, the Chicago Sun Times reported Monday.

According to the report, Andrea Zemankova and her ex-boyfriend, Marcel Medek, wracked up their hefty highway bill by crossing toll plazas without paying 1,114 times, during a two year period when they co-owned the taxi.

Top 10 (Illinois) toll violators and the amounts they owe
1. Marcel Medek and Andrea Zemankova $80,695 2. Sylvia Williams $79,662
3. Michael Moses $79,332 4. Qiana and Katherine Morehead $76,366
5. Joshua Blondell $69,867 6. James Stacey $68,781
7. Stephanie Osgood $60,621 8. Yisa Yusuff $60,419
9. Adex Limousine $60,349 10. Americar Service Inc. $55,203