NYC Toll Calculator for TLC Drivers

In short: Tap each bridge or tunnel on your route. The calculator adds them up three ways: with a New York E-ZPass, at the Mid-Tier rate (when your tag is not read), and by Tolls by Mail. All amounts come from one rate file checked on October 12, 2026. For a car, one crossing of the RFK Bridge is $7.46 with NY E-ZPass and $12.03 by mail. Below the tool you will also see who pays the toll on your kind of TLC trip.

How to use it

1. Choose your vehicle. A two-axle car, SUV or minivan uses the "Cars" rates.
2. If you cross a Port Authority bridge or tunnel, choose peak or off-peak. Peak is weekdays 6–10am and 4–8pm, and weekends 11am–9pm.
3. Choose the kind of trip: yellow or green taxi, Uber/Lyft, or other.
4. Add every crossing in the order you drive them. For Port Authority crossings, set the direction: into New York (tolled) or into New Jersey (free).
5. Read the three totals. The gap between the E-ZPass total and the mail total is what a working tag saves you on this route.

How the numbers are worked out

MTA crossings (RFK, Bronx-Whitestone, Throgs Neck, Queens-Midtown, Hugh L. Carey, Verrazzano-Narrows, Henry Hudson, Cross Bay, Marine Parkway) charge a flat amount per crossing. The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge has been tolled in each direction since December 1, 2020, so a round trip pays twice.

Port Authority crossings charge only entering New York. A car pays $14.79 off-peak or $16.79 peak with E-ZPass, $19.55 Mid-Tier and $23.30 by mail.

The tag rule for out-of-state tags. The MTA's E-ZPass rates are for customers of the E-ZPass New York Customer Service Center (NYCSC) only. In the MTA's words, "non-NYCSC customers pay Tolls by Mail rates." So a tag from New Jersey or another state pays the mail rate at MTA bridges and tunnels. The calculator has no tag-issuer switch: if your tag is not from E-ZPass New York, read the "Tolls by Mail" total for MTA crossings. The Port Authority is different: it gives E-ZPass discounts to both New York and New Jersey account holders. More on choosing a tag is in which E-ZPass to get.

Mid-Tier is charged to NYCSC customers whose tag is not mounted properly or not read, and when a charge is posted to the account by license plate. If you keep seeing Mid-Tier, read why your tag must be mounted.

Who pays the toll on a TLC trip

The rules for yellow taxis and green cabs (§58-26) and for-hire vehicles (§59A-23) are written the same way:

• The vehicle must carry an MTA E-ZPass. The passenger pays only the actual amount charged to the E-ZPass, which is often the discounted toll. Charging the mail rate or any other higher amount is an overcharge under rule 80-17.
• On trips within NYC, the passenger pays all tolls on the trip, except from the Rockaways to Queens (Cross Bay), from the Rockaways to Brooklyn (Marine Parkway) and from Staten Island to Brooklyn (Verrazzano).
• The passenger pays two times the toll from Queens to the Rockaways (Cross Bay), from Brooklyn to the Rockaways (Marine Parkway) and from Brooklyn to Staten Island (Verrazzano), because the driver has to pay again to come back.
• On trips beyond NYC, the passenger pays all necessary tolls to and from the destination. For Newark Airport, TLC's fare page says passengers "are charged for the drivers' return tolls."
• The driver forwards toll money to whoever holds the E-ZPass tag.

For Uber and Lyft trips, rule 59D-17(c) says the company "must remit to the Driver the entirety of any toll paid by the Driver during a dispatched trip." Your E-ZPass account is billed at the gantry first and the app repays you later, so compare the tolls on each pay statement with your E-ZPass statement. Details are in tolls on Uber and Lyft trips and, for taxis, who pays tolls on taxi trips.

Worked examples

• Taxi, Brooklyn to Staten Island over the Verrazzano. The calculator shows $7.46 (one crossing, NY E-ZPass). Under §58-26 the passenger pays two times that: $14.92.
• Taxi, Manhattan to Newark Airport through the Lincoln Tunnel, back through the Holland Tunnel at 5pm on a weekday. Lincoln into New Jersey: $0. Holland into New York at peak: $16.79 with E-ZPass. The passenger pays it because Newark return tolls are passed on. Our Newark tolls by route guide compares routes, including the New Jersey Turnpike.
• App driver with a New Jersey tag crossing the RFK Bridge. The MTA charges the mail rate, $12.03, instead of $7.46. That is $4.57 more on every crossing.

How often trips include a toll

Limits: what this tool can't tell you

• It does not include resident plans (Staten Island, Rockaway), the Port Authority Staten Island Bridges Plan, trailers or extra axles.
• It does not cover NYS Thruway or New Jersey Turnpike tolls.
• It shows one crossing at a time. You must apply the TLC double-toll and no-toll cases yourself, as in the examples above.
• Rates change. The as-of date is printed on the tool. Check the toll rates compared page and the official MTA and Port Authority pages before you rely on a number.
• It is general information, not legal advice. If a toll led to an overcharge summons, read the rule and get advice before your hearing.

For the congestion toll in Manhattan, use the congestion pricing calculator. The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge page covers the bridge drivers ask about most.