A study is one thing. Real-life toll road rates demonstrate the differences between toll by plate and toll by transponder, as of February 2022:


PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE, 5-AXLE TRACTOR-SEMI, 80,000 LBS., FROM PITTSBURGH TO PHILADELPHIA


Toll by plate Toll by transponder


$361.90 $179.40


NEW YORK THRUWAY, 5-AXLE TRACTOR-SEMI, 80,000 LBS., FROM THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE LINE TO THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE LINE


Toll by plate Toll by transponder


$114.78 $88.30


PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH TURNPIKE, 5-AXLE TRACTOR-SEMI, 80,000 POUNDS, FROM SW TO NE AROUND DALLAS, TEXAS METRO AREA


Toll by plate Toll by transponder


$62.40 $41.56


Or as the Maryland Toll Authority, which uses video cameras and toll by transponder, emphasizes on its website:


“Video toll rates are 1.5 times the base toll rates....Video roll rates are the highest rates to offset the higher cost of processing video tolls.”


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