From: finfer@optonline.net   
      
   On 10/20/2015 10:23 AM, hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:   
   > On Monday, October 19, 2015 at 9:54:48 PM UTC-4, Michael Finfer wrote:   
   >> I occasionally ride on Sundays.  Even with the recent fare and toll   
   >> increases, the cost of fare+toll+gas is about half of what I would pay   
   >> on NJ Transit from Raritan (I drive a hybrid).   
   >   
   > Question:  For EZPASS users from a different agency, does the Port Authority   
   still give a toll discount or charge the full cash price?  (Some toll   
   operators charge the cash price unless they issued the transponder.)   
   >   
   > How is the travel time?   
   >   
   > Could you recommend a station to park at?  (I used to use New Dorp, but   
   driving to it from the Outerbridge is a pain.)   
   >   
   > Thanks   
      
   I usually cross the Outerbridge between 7:30 and 8:00 AM on a Sunday, so   
   there is never any waiting.  The express EZ Pass lanes help too.   
      
   I drive a hybrid, so I am currently paying only $6.25 off peak.  As far   
   as I know, the PA gives discounts to all comers.  The MTA does not.  You   
   have to have a NY service center account to have the discount, and that   
   includes PA accounts.  You have to have a NJ account for discounts on   
   the Turnpike, which I almost never use because of where I live.  Nobody   
   gets discounts on the Parkway.   
      
   I usually park at Huguenot.  There is a small park & ride lot there   
   which is fine on Sundays, but it is full by 7 AM during the week.  When   
   you get off the Outerbridge, go straight onto that short highway, the   
   Korean Veterans Memorial Highway or something like that.  Get off at the   
   first exit, Huguenot Ave.  The service road takes you right to the   
   parking lot at about the third light.   
      
   I am thinking about trying out the new station, Arthur Kill (I think)   
   once it opens, but it looks like it will not be as easy for me to get to.   
      
   Michael Finfer   
   Bridgewater, NJ   
      
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