{"id":370914,"date":"2026-10-12T11:48:41","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T11:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/370914\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T11:48:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T11:48:41","slug":"new-york-state-thruway-toll-rates-set-to-increase-in-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/370914\/","title":{"rendered":"New York State Thruway toll rates set to increase in January"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WNYT \u2013 Drivers traveling on the New York State Thruway will pay more starting January 1, as the next round of toll increases takes effect.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under the increase, New York E-ZPass customers will see the base toll rate rise from 4.5 cents to 4.9 cents per mile.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Drivers with out-of-state E-ZPass accounts and those paying through Tolls by Mail will face a higher rate of 8.6 cents per mile.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The increase is part of the Thruway Authority\u2019s multi-year toll plan. The authority says toll revenue helps cover operating costs, debt and infrastructure improvements.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Drivers can estimate how much their trip will cost under the new rates using the New York State Thruway Authority\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thruway.ny.gov\/toll-calculator.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Toll Calculator<\/a>, which allows motorists to calculate tolls based on their entry and exit points.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFor Related Stories:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wnyt.com\/tag\/wnyt\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WNYT<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wnyt.com\/tag\/toll-booth\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Toll Booth<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wnyt.com\/tag\/thruway-authority\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Thruway Authority<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wnyt.com\/tag\/nys\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NYS<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wnyt.com\/tag\/new-york-state-thruway\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York State Thruway<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wnyt.com\/tag\/e-zpass\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">E-ZPass<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WNYT \u2013 Drivers traveling on the New York State Thruway will pay more starting January 1, as the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":370915,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[136817,9,11,10,49,51,50,27070,14965,60137,136816,68349],"class_list":["post-370914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-e-zpass","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news","tag-new-york-state-thruway","tag-nys","tag-thruway-authority","tag-toll-booth","tag-wnyt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=370914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370914\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/370915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}