SENIOR CITIZEN DISCOUNT BRIDGE TOLL PROGRAM
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Download DRPA's
Senior Discount
Application
Important Rules:
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This program
is intended
for senior
citizen
drivers (65
years or
older) who
have motor
vehicles
registered
in New
Jersey,
Pennsylvania,
or Delaware.
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To
participate
in DRPA’s
Senior
Discount
Program, you
must first
establish a
non-commercial,
individual
New Jersey
E-ZPass
account with
the New
Jersey
E-ZPass
Customer
Service
Center.
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After you
have
established
your New
Jersey
E-ZPass
account or
if you
already have
a New Jersey
E-ZPass
account, you
must submit
the required
information
along with
the DRPA
Senior
Discount
Program
Application.
You are
required to
submit this
application
even if you
participated
in DRPA’s
Senior
Discount
Ticket
Program.
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All
applications
must be
submitted
with a copy
of the
applicant’s
driver’s
license.
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All
applications
must be
submitted
with a copy
of the motor
vehicle
registration
card for the
vehicle that
belongs to
the
applicant or
applicant’s
spouse. This
vehicle
registration
must be
issued from
a state
within the
tri-state
area (NJ,
PA, and DE).
For leased
vehicles: a
copy of the
motor
vehicle
registration
or LEASE
AGREEMENT
showing the
eligible
senior (or
spouse) as
the lessee,
must be
provided.
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The eligible
senior
citizen may
identify
only one (1)
E-ZPass
transponder
to be used
in the
applicant’s
personal
vehicle that
is
registered
in his/her
name or
his/her
spouse’s
name when
enrolling in
the program.
If more than
one senior
citizen
shares the
same account
and enrolls
individual
transponders,
the names of
all the
eligible,
enrolled
senior
citizens
must be
included on
or added to
the E-ZPass
account as a
sub account.
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Although
transponder
boxes are
mobile, for
the senior
discount
program,
transponder
boxes are
tag
specific.
That means
that
transponder
boxes
registered
to seniors
must be in
the declared
vehicle of
the senior
and used
only when
the senior
is driving.
The eligible
senior
citizen must
be driving
at the time
the toll
transaction
is
processed.
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The
discounted
toll is
valid on
passenger
vehicles
only (the
Gross
Vehicle
Weight
cannot
exceed 7000
lbs; however
Sport
Utility
Vehicles
(SUV)
exceeding
7000 lbs are
permitted).
No
commercial
vehicles or
vehicles
being used
for
commercial
purposes are
eligible for
this
discount.
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You must use
a designated
“E-ZPass
Only” lane
at all DRPA
toll plazas
- Do not use
a “Cash
Only” lane
or you will
be required
to pay the
full toll.
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Discount is
valid at any
time on any
of the four
(4) DRPA
bridges.
They are:
Benjamin
Franklin,
Walt
Whitman,
Betsy Ross
and
Commodore
Barry.
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ATTENTION:
Use of a
transponder
registered
with DRPA
for the
Senior
Discount
Program by
anyone who
is not
eligible
will result
in loss of
privileges
to the
enrolled
senior
citizen
participants
and other
seniors who
share that
E-ZPass
account.
DRPA
reserves the
right to
assess full
cash toll
amounts
retroactively
for any and
all tolls
charged at
the Senior
Discount
Program rate
if any
unauthorized
use is
detected.
For specific
information
on the terms
and
conditions
of a New
Jersey
E-ZPass
account,
please visit
http://www.ezpassnj.com
or call
1-888-288-6865
press 3 to
open a new
account.
After you
have
received
your New
Jersey
E-ZPass and
submitted
your
Discount
Program
Application
to DRPA,
please allow
at least 4 –
5 weeks for
processing.
You will not
be notified
when your
application
has been
processed.
To
verify that
you are
registered
for the
program, you
must call NJ
E-ZPass
Customer
Service
Center at
1-888-288-6865
press "7"
and then "0"
after the
announcement;
or check
online at
www.EZPassNJ.com.
Once online,
click “Check
Your
Account” and
enter your
EZPass
account and
pin number.
Then click
the “Plans”
link. Look
for the code
DRPA Senior
Citizen
Plan.
Staff at the
Delaware
River Port
authority is
available to
answer any
questions
you may have
about our
Senior
Discount
Program.
Please feel
free to call
us at:
From NJ:
(856)
968-3347 or
3348; or
(856)
968-2000
press 5 for
Customer
Service.
From PA:
(215)
218-3750 ext
3347 or
3348; or
press 5 for
Customer
Service.
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