E-ZPass

Change is in the air, and it’s leaving the toll booths. That’s because the Maine Turnpike Authority is looking to go cashless. Highway officials in the state told the Portland Press Herald on Wednesday they are looking at electronic collection systems. Turnpike Authority Executive Director Peter Mills told the Press Herald the authority is taking less cash at toll booths...

A trip on the highway to most places in Maine just got a little more expensive.

The Maine Turnpike Authority increased its tolls starting Monday, marking the first hike in nine years. The toll for passenger cars passing through the new toll booths in York is increasing from $3 to $4. The Maine E-Z Pass rate is increasing by 4% from 7.7 cents per mile to 8 cents per mile. Other fees are increasing, as well….

In the coming weeks, drivers may experience a more streamlined trip to Maine. As of just after midnight on Wednesday, a $40 million high-speed toll plaza is now open on the Maine Turnpike in York, about a mile-and-a-half north of an older, traditional one. Drivers with E-ZPass will no longer have to drive through individual booths on their way to…

A high-speed toll plaza opened for the first time in Maine Wednesday.

A UMass professor and the mother of a newborn is thanking the NBC10 Boston Investigators for getting hundreds of dollars in tolls removed from her E-ZPass account.

An associate professor at the UMass Amherst College of Nursing found dozens of tolls from New York and New Jersey charged to her account after she connected a new SUV’s dealer plate to her E-ZPass account.

Think twice before you book it — it’s the expensive lesson a Massachusetts woman learned when making a hotel reservation on her phone. She called our Consumer Investigative Reporter Leslie Gaydos for help with her costly mistake. With a tap on her phone, Anne Castner of Groton was stuck with an expensive non-refundable hotel reservation she didn’t want.

Amazon delivery is fast and easy, but what happens if someone walks off with your order? A local viewer’s security camera caught an alleged package thief on camera, and the viewer turned to Consumer Investigative Reporter Leslie Gaydos for help when he discovered who it was.

When Rick DeMeo’s elderly mother-in-law stopped driving last year, he turned in her E-ZPass transponder, which was part of his account.

When Rick DeMeo’s elderly mother-in-law stopped driving last year, he turned in her E-ZPass transponder, which was part of his account.

New changes to the toll system in Massachusetts have drivers rushing to service centers to get transponders. Manual tolling is now a thing of the past. Starting at 10 p.m. Friday, the tolling system is electronic.