Pretty soon you won’t have the Mass Pike toll takers to kick around anymore
Electronic tolling is set to roll out in 2016.
Is this the last 4th of July you’ll spend sitting in your car, backed up at the tolls of the Massachusetts Pike?
Keep close the memories of those precious interactions with the toll collectors as you scramble for exact change. It’ll all come to an end in 2016.
State officials plan to install electronic tolls that will calculate a fare based on distance rather than exits, in order to reduce road congestion and cut costs.
The all-electronic, open-road tolling system debuted on the Tobin Bridge last July.
But be wary, you’re not only losing that face-to-face time with the toll collectors. You could also be losing some of your privacy.
Back in October, Boston.com reported that the E-ZPass transactions produce data that could be shared with “fusion centers, information sharing centers, or pieced together to reveal peoples’ daily routines.’’
So be sure to throw a kind word to your toll collectors this weekend.
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