Fast Lane (electronic toll collection)
Fast Lane is the electronic toll collection system used in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, USA. The member agencies are the Massachusetts Turnpike (which also operates the Sumner Tunnel and Ted Williams Tunnel) and the Massachusetts Port Authority (which operates the Tobin Bridge). It is also accepted at one parking structure operated by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Fast Lane is fully interoperable with the many E-ZPass facilities in other states, however, since mid-2002, FastLane users receive a discount on some tolls that E-Zpass users do not enjoy.
The original electronic toll collection system in Massachusetts was called MassPass and was installed at the Ted Williams Tunnel. This system was scrapped and replaced by the current E-ZPass-compatible system in 1998 for the Ted Williams Tunnel and the Massachusetts Turnpike Boston extension and extended to the rest of the turnpike in 1999.
Today (2005), the system is sponsored by Citizens Bank for the Massachusetts Turnpike and by Banknorth for the Massachusetts Port Authority. Along the Turnpike it is branded the Citizens Bank Fast Lane, whereas at the Tobin Bridge it is branded Banknorth Fastlane. Before Citizens Bank, Fleet Bank used to sponsor the Fast Lane system.
External links
- Massachusetts Turnpike
- Massachusetts Port Authority
- 1st Circuit opinion in Doran v. Massachusetts Turnpike Authority upholding FastLane only discounts
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