"So long, plastic rectangles: Massachusetts is phasing in a new type of E-ZPass transponder. Beginning this Sunday, the state will no longer hand out the hard-plastic transponders that Bay Staters have been using for years to pay highway tolls. Instead, you'll get a small E-ZPass sticker to put on your windshield.
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- Why? For one, they're "much cheaper," according to Massachusetts Highway Administrator Jonathan Gulliver. The current transponders, which MassDOT gives out to new customers for free, cost the state $6.70 each. The stickers cost just $0.55, which officials estimate will save more than $7 million a year."
Continue reading the WBUR article on the change to stickers instead of devices