Route Fifty
By Harrison Cann, City & State Pennsylvania
JANUARY 12, 2022
The use of physical money is less and less these days, and one state senator wants to help the Pennsylvania Turnpike keep up with the times. Pennsylvania State Sen. Marty Flynn, of Lackawanna County, introduced a co-sponsorship memo last week with a proposal to direct the commission to accept app payments such as Venmo, PayPal and Cash App. The legislation would make the way for “instantaneous” payment by sending invoices to customers’ mobile phones and allowing them to pay by a mobile payment app. “We need to enter the 21st century and give people the option to pay for Pennsylvania Turnpike tolls using these apps,” Flynn said in a statement. “The process could—and should—be modernized and streamlined so that it's easier and quicker for Pennsylvanians to pay their tolls.” Flynn said these new methods wouldn’t take away any of the old options but provide more opportunities for more efficient payment methods.
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