A big change is underway for how the state tracks people using the E-ZPass program in Massachusetts.
Since the state fully switched to all-electronic tolling about a decade ago, drivers have been using plastic transponders attached to their windshields to pay their tolls. But as Highway Administrator Jonathan Gulliver said at a MassDOT Board of Directors meeting last week, those are now being phased out.
“We’re switching from the transponders, the hard-case transponders that pretty much every car in Massachusetts has … to a sticker system,” Gulliver said.
E-ZPass transponders vs. stickers
Drivers who currently use a transponder don’t need to do anything. But anyone who opens a new E-ZPass account or is looking to replace a broken transponder will instead get a free windshield sticker, which has radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology embedded into the paper…