If being spared a season of traffic snarls isn't enough incentive, now there's another reason to go for the gold. The EZ Gold is an easy way to get and pay for monthly bus passes and to receive discounts.
Employers also can subsidize all or part of the cost as part of an employee benefit package.
For Dawn Pennington, development specialist at the Easter Seals Society, the program has made life a little easier and using transit a little cheaper. Now she doesn't have to remember to walk over to the Port Authority's Downtown service center to buy her monthly pass. It's been great to look in the paycheck and there it is,'' the Highland Park resident said. For Pennington and others like her, there's a convenience to reap, but also a saving. When a company enrolls a minimum of 20 workers, staff members can use a tax-free payroll deduction to buy the passes.