PA Turnpike considers all-electronic tolls

PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE:  The Pennsylvania Turnpike will consider doing away with toll booths, toll collectors and drivers fumbling for bills and coins.

The turnpike has advertised for a consultant to study conversion to all-electronic collection, a method already used on toll roads and bridges in several states and fast gaining in popularity.

“In our industry, it’s pretty much accepted that this is the wave of the future,” turnpike spokesman Carl DeFebo said…  (more)