Satellite Feed Today at 4:00 p.m.: Pa. Turnpike Travelers Reminded of Yesterday's Toll Hike

New incentive means E-ZPass holders now pay 7 percent less than cash customers on Pa. Turnpike

HARRISBURG, PA (01/03/2011)(readMedia)-- The Pa. Satellite News Service will provide a 4:00 p.m. satellite feed today to remind Turnpike travelers that tolls went up on the Pennsylvania Turnpike yesterday; motorists can now take advantage of E-ZPass incentives that, for the first time, represent a sizeable difference compared to cash rates.

E-ZPass customers (about two-thirds of all Pennsylvania Turnpike users) will now pay just three percent more compared to a 10-percent increase for cash-paying motorists. Under the new rates, the most-common Turnpike toll jumped from $1 to $1.10 for cash-paying motorists and from 97 cents to $1 for those with E-ZPass.

VIDEO:

  • Interview with Carl DeFebo, Public Relations Manager, Pa. Turnpike Commission
  • B-roll of tollbooths and traffic using E-ZPass and cash lanes at a Pa. Turnpike interchange
  • Other Turnpike video including visuals (highway signs) announcing the toll hike and informing motorists how to get E-ZPass

Feed Facts

EVENT: Turnpike toll increase feed

DATE: 01/03/2011

TIME: 16:00 to 16:15 (Eastern)

FORMAT: 16x9

SATELLITE: AMC - 2 @ 79 degrees (KU-Band - DIGITAL)

TRANSPONDER: K 08

CHANNEL: A (9Mhz)

SYM RATE: 6.380 msps

FEC: 5/6

BIT RATE: 9.799346

DOWNLINK POL: Vertical

DOWNLINK FREQ: 11846.50 MHz

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