SAN FRANCISCO, CA – MARCH 25: A Golden Gate Bridge toll collector receives payment from a motorist during the morning commute on March 25, 2013 in San Francisco, California. Workers are making last minute changes to the Golden Gate Bridge toll plaza in preparation of making the iconic bridge the first major toll bridge in the nation to go to all electronic tollbooths. The entire staff of full time toll collectors will be replaced by the automated booths starting on March 27. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Drivers traveling between New York and New Jersey should pad their pocketbooks with a little extra cash from now on.
Toll hikes are set to take effect Sunday, Jan. 5 at 3 a.m.
The Port Authority decided to raise cash tolls from $15 to $16, and E-ZPass rates will rise $1.25 for both peak and off-peak periods.
Toll increases tied to inflation at the authority's four bridges and two tunnels were previously authorized by the Port Authority board in 2008 and again in 2011. Tolls rose in four scheduled increases between 2012 and 2015.
Drivers will see toll bumps in the Lincoln Tunnel and Holland Tunnel, as well as the George Washington Bridge, Goethals Bridge, Bayonne Bridge, and Outerbridge Crossing.
