"That was the original plan: to drive people to E-Z Pass," he said.

E-Z Pass, an electronic toll system, is scheduled for installation on the turnpike by the end of 1999.

"It's been our goal for some time to bring E-Z Pass to the taxi industry," she said.

The number to get an E-Z Pass is (800) 333-8655.

Regular fares would increase from $4 to $7, with a discount for using E-Z Pass.

Our third attempt in obtaining E-Z Pass has lived up to the earlier experiences.

We are supposed to deliver E-Z Pass by early 2000.

The necessary technology, like the E-Z Pass, exists to do it.

It's a visual bridge, she said, not the kind for walking over or using E-Z Pass.

E-Z Pass, which the authority introduced six months ago, is being used by 35 percent of the people who use the authority's bridges and tunnels.