New Year, New Tolls: NJ, NY Bridges, Highways & Subways To Get More Expensive in 2026 (Roundup)

By FrumNews.com

Lakewood, NJ — Your commute around New Jersey and New York is about to get a bit more expensive, as tolls are set to rise on bridges and tunnels, as well as on Subways and railroads in New York and New Jersey.

Most of these changes have been and are generally going up with standard inflation rates, as inflation has calmed down from its peak in 2022.

Toll Roads

• On bridges and tunnels operated by the Port Authority a 3% increase in tolls will take effect Jan. 4, 2026. A separate, additional 25-cent bridge and tunnel toll increase will take effect Jan. 4, which was approved in 2024.

These bridges and tunnels include: the George Washington Bridge, the Lincoln Tunnel, the Holland Tunnel, the Outerbridge Crossing, the Bayonne Bridge, and the Goethals Bridge

• On bridges and tunnels operated by the MTA, one-way passenger-vehicle toll rates will increase between 20 cents to 60 cents at all bridge and tunnel facilities.

These bridges and tunnels include: the Brooklyn Battery (Hugh L. Carey) Tunnel, the Whitestone Bridge, the Cross Bay Bridge, the Henry Hudson Bridge, the Marine Parkway Bridge, the Queens Midtown Tunnel, the Robert F. Kennedy (Triboro) Bridge, the Throgs Neck Bridge, and the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge

• The New Jersey Turnpike Authority approved a 3% toll increase on Turnpike and Parkway drivers, which takes effect on Jan. 1.
• The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission will increase tolls on eight bridges that cross from New Jersey and Pennsylvania by $2 for E-ZPass and $5 for non-E-ZPass drivers of passenger vehicles.

These toll bridges include Route 1 Trenton-Morrisville, I-295 Scudder Falls, Route 202 New Hope-Lambertville, I-78, Route 22 Easton-Phillipsburg, I-80 Delaware Water Gap, Route 206 Milford-Montague and the Portland-Columbia Routes 611, 46, 94 bridges.

Public Transit

• The MTA is raising fair for subways, local buses, and Access-A-Ride by 10 cents, from $2.90 to $3. The reduced fare is increasing from $1.45 to $1.50, and the express bus base fare is increasing from $7 to $7.25. Additionally, the 7-day rolling fare cap is becoming permanent.
• The MTA is also raising fares on the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad by an average increase of up to 4.5% on tickets (excluding City Tickets). There will be no increase to Metro-North’s Port Jervis and Pascack Valley lines
• On PATH, which serves metro-like service in Jersey City, Hoboken and Newark, a 25-cent fare increase will take effect in the spring of 2026, with additional 25-cent fare increases each January from 2027 through 2029 until it reaches $4.
• Bus fees for using the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan also would go up to help pay for the capital plan, which includes a new bus terminal.

Congestion Pricing

Over the past year, NYC’s controversial congestion pricing went into effect, while the toll isn’t going up this year—it seems for now it is here to stay, much to the dismay of many New Yorkers.

Currently, it is scheduled to be raised in 2028 and 2031. By 2031, the toll is expected to increase to $15 for cars entering the zone.