Pennsylvania Turnpike toll rates increased on Jan. 6 by 10 percent for cash customers and 2 percent for E-ZPass customers.

With the increase, E-ZPass customers who before saw about a 17-percent savings on tolls now save about 25 percent, on average, compared to cash, according to the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission. The new rates are expected to generate approximately $25 million in new revenue in 2013.

Because tolls have never been increased on the Southern Beltway (Pa. Turnpike 576) since its 2006 opening (while tolls on other Turnpike sections have gone up 48 percent), cash customers on this section of road near the Pittsburgh International Airport saw a 50 percent increase on Jan. 6. E-ZPass customers using the Southern Beltway had no toll rate increase.