{"id":"AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-007","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Pennsylvania and New Jersey (Ben Franklin, Walt Whitman, Commodore Barry and Betsy Ross Bridges; PATCO)","state":"PA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT","eco":"","issuer":"Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA)","authority":"DRPA toll-collection and bridge-regulation powers under the Compact; recital that \u0027Transportation is considered an essential service under the stay-at-home orders\u0027 of Pennsylvania (Order of Mar. 23, 2020, as amended) and New Jersey (EO 107, Mar. 21, 2020)","instrument":"DRPA \u0027COVID-19 Travel Information \u0026 Updates\u0027: all-electronic (cashless) tolling at all four bridges effective 6:00 a.m. Mar. 26, 2020 until further notice; no collectors in lanes; toll invoices mailed to non-E-ZPass owners; customer-service voicemail only","title":"Bridge Travel Information and COVID-19 Stay-At Home Orders - Cashless tolling only, effective 6 a.m. Thursday, 3/26","dateIssued":"2020-03-26","effective":"2020-03-26 6:00 a.m.","end":"2020-05-11 6:00 a.m. (cash lanes restored; Ex. 008, 009)","startDate":"2020-03-26","endDate":"2020-05-11","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["OTHER","CRT"],"addressees":["all motorists crossing DRPA bridges (E-ZPass and cash)","registered vehicle owners (toll-by-mail invoices)"],"clause":"Bridges are open.... Cashless tolling only. Effective 6 a.m. Thursday, 3/26, DRPA will implement cashless tolling at our bridges during the COVID-19 pandemic. All motorists (E-ZPass \u0026 Cash) will be directed to drive through E-ZPass lanes.... Transportation is considered an essential service under the stay-at-home orders and we are maintaining operations to ensure the continuity of service. As a reminder, most people should be staying at home and travel only for essential trips... No toll collectors will be present nor will cash be accepted in any lane. For vehicles without E-ZPass, toll invoices will be sent to registered vehicle owners via USPS mail.","enforcement":"Toll-by-mail invoice at the cash rate; administrative fees on second notice (Ex. 009); DRPA Police","functions":["DR drivers (toll-lane procedure changed for every crossing; cash not accepted)","TV travel (the authority\u0027s own recital that travel was limited to essential trips under the stay-at-home orders)","CB customer access (customer service by voicemail only)","SC supply chain (Philadelphia-South Jersey freight crossings)"],"notes":"Binding operating rule of a compact authority on every user of four interstate bridges; also a contemporaneous recital, by the authority, of the Pennsylvania and New Jersey stay-at-home orders operating on interstate travel.","sourceUrl":"http://www.drpa.org/covid19/","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200421140445/http://www.drpa.org/covid19/","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":349859,"grade":"primary","character":"binding","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT","url":"/library/AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-007","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-007","citation":"Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA), DRPA \u0027COVID-19 Travel Information \u0026 Updates\u0027: all-electronic (cashless) tolling at all four bridges effective 6:00 a.m. Mar. 26, 2020 until further notice; no collectors in lanes; toll invoices mailed to non-E-ZPass owners; customer-service voicemail only (Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-007)","stateName":"Pennsylvania","related":["AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-008","AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-009"]}