Doran v. Massachusetts Turnpike Authority

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

GERTNER, District Judge.

The Massachusetts Turnpike Authority (“MTA”) maintains a “FAST LANE” electronic toll collection system that enables subscribing drivers to pass through tollbooths without stopping to pay tolls in cash. A device known as a “transponder” signals to the tollbooth that a particular FAST LANE subscriber has passed through the toll gate, and an appropriate toll is assessed against the driver’s FAST LANE account (or debited from his bank account) for billing. Turnpike authorities in other states have adopted similar systems with different brand names, and…