Customers of the New York State Fair aren’t given the simple, logical courtesy of being able to pay for parking with good old American cash, but drivers have been able to keep their credit cards in their pockets by driving through EZ Pass scanners in the brown and orange lots. 
Until now.
For some reason, EZ Pass won’t get you into parking lots this year, so you’ll have to have a pre-paid pass or hand over your credit card, slowing down the lines of entering cars.
When you consider this change in addition to the fact that parking charges have increased from five dollars to 12 dollars plus fees since 2022, customers will understandably feel unappreciated.
Drivers will have limited options as Centro park-and-ride bus service rolls from fewer locations than it has in some years.
Improved traffic control and more efficient parking service have long been needed at the Fair. Instead, they’re getting worse–and more expensive. Our new director and her team need to do some work. Fair customers deserve it.
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