MTA Crackdown Targets Toll-Avoiding Drivers With Obscured Plates.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is taking action against drivers who use fake or obscured license plates to avoid paying toll charges, which cost the agency nearly $50 million in 2023. The MTA plans to implement a new charge called congestion pricing, which will impose a $15 fee on E-ZPass passenger cars during peak hours in Manhattan's central business district. To ensure the success of congestion pricing and existing crossing tolls, the MTA is addressing toll evasion by prohibiting the sale of plate covering devices, increasing enforcement, and seeking legislation to increase fines and allow for the arrest of drivers using such devices. The new toll is expected to generate $1 billion annually for infrastructure improvements. [Extracted from the article]