The New York Thruway Authority this week approved a $355 million dollar contract that will do away with toll booths along the entire 570 miles of the Thruway. Drivers will still pay tolls, but they’ll do it automatically. Tolls will be collected either by EZ Pass, or a bill will come in the mail to […]
New York State Police spent four hours yesterday talking with an emotionally disturbed man in an incident that closed down the State Thruway in Genesee County. Police had been looking for the Erie County man and his SUV, and spotted it on the Thruway in Stafford. The man at first refused to pull over, […]
New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli says the State Thruway Authority needs to take steps to protect credit card data. The authority has payment card data for commercial truckers and many of its regular users, processing some 66,000 credit card transactions a year. An audit by the comptroller’s staff finds the authority hasn’t taken some […]