Tollbooth

They have historically been staffed by transportation agents who manually collect the toll, but, in the modern day, many have been replaced with automatic electronic toll collection systems, such as E-ZPass in the Northeastern United States.

In the 21st century, electronic toll collection (ETC) has replaced former locations of tollbooths around the world.

Benefits of automatic toll collection include reducing air pollution and fuel consumption, and saving motorists time and money compared to traditional tollbooths.

[2] Similarly, the Pennsylvania Turnpike accelerated its plan to move to all-electronic tolling.

While tollbooths are currently still in place throughout the turnpike system, signs inform drivers to keep moving through toll plaza, "we bill you".

A car stopping at a tollbooth on the Subic–Clark–Tarlac Expressway in the Philippines
Tollbooth in Selangor , Malaysia.
Multi-lane toll plaza with cash and E-ZPass lanes
Toll plaza on the Pennsylvania Turnpike before conversion to all-electronic tolling
Some tollbooths have been widened with the addition of toll gates to accommodate increasing automobile traffic, such as this one on the New Jersey Turnpike .