Why are toll booths going away?
Toll agencies are tearing down staffed booths (cash lanes) because they are dangerous and slow. Instead, we have to start using electronic toll collection (ETC) -- those special transponder passes. But most toll passes won't work out of state. With no toll booths, how do you pay when you are on vacation?
I speak with Samuel Johnson, the chief operations officer for a southern California toll road agency (The Toll Roads - TCA), about a cool new technology which will soon make paying a toll easier than ever. It's called electronic toll interoperability, and it's all possible with a tiny sticker.
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Source material:
IBTTA: North American Toll Interoperability
https://www.ibtta.org/sites/default/f...
IBTTA: Status of Toll Interoperability (2016)
https://www.ibtta.org/sites/default/f...
Federal Highway Administration: Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century
https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/map21/summar...
TCA: The Future of FasTrak is Here
• The Future of FasTrak is Here!
KCBS: OC Toll Road Commuters Face Last Day To Pay With Cash
• OC Toll Road Commuters Face Last Day To Pa...
WFLA: Florida Man Caught With License Plate Shield
• Florida man caught with license plate shield
WFOR: Police Arrest Man Caught Using License Plate Cover
• Police Arrest Man Caught Using Sophisticat...
Orange County Register: 20,000 drivers dodge toll road fees each week, despite new law
https://www.ocregister.com/2019/05/17...
The Press-Enterprise: Orange County Toll Roads Going Cashless May 14
https://www.pe.com/2014/04/15/transpo...
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Additional reading (for the electrical engineering ultra-geeks):
ISO 18000-63 ("6C") Technical Data:
https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:std:i...
Why agencies selected 6C as the national standard:
https://www.ibtta.org/sites/default/f...