e-470

Denver Colorado's E-470 toll authority is offering a prize of $250 toll credits for a lucky electronic toll enrollee in their new sticker tags. The toller is swapping out hardbody California T21 protocol transponders for the ISO 18000 6C sticker tags. EXpressToll is the brand-name used for new as well as old transponders.

Denver's E470 toll authority is now using the cheapest transponders we've heard of - 750,000 new ISO 18000 6C sticker tags at $1.25 apiece. They are replacing Title 21 California style hardbodies. The sale of the 6C sticker tags at this price was "part of a package" a Federal Signal officer told us, the other part being supply of their 5402-brand multi-protocol readers.

Neology often offers the cheapest 6C transponders but in the case of E470 we understand Neology quoted around $1.40 apiece.

In the Denver Colorado area the E-470 Public Highway Authority are raising their posted maximum speeds to 75mph from the present 70mph (to 121km/hr from 113km/hr) taking the posted number somewhat closer to actual traffic speeds. On about two-thirds of the highway 85% of the traffic is at present traveling at 78mph, 126km/hr or less (orange on maps).

At Colorado's E470 tollroad they say they've just passed the 3/4 million mark in transponders in use. They passed the half million mark March 2008, so in three years they added the extra quarter million.  Some of this appears to be the result of going all-electronic.

E470 Public Highway Authority in the Denver area has a substantially new board following local government elections. And it has a new board chairman, Frank Weddig, a commissioner from Arapahoe County which is located across the central segment of the tollroad just south of I-70.

John McCuskey, acting executive director (ED) of E-470 was appointed full executive director by the tollroad's board on Dec 9. McCuskey, 60, has been acting-chief at the Denver area pike since the sudden death-on-the-job of longtime exec-director, Ed DeLozier in April this year.  

The succession is undramatic.

The E-470 Public Highway Authority (E470) board of directors decided recently they'd take advantage of all-electronic tolling to do annual toll increases. Traditionally with cash-handling, tollers have attempted to keep their tolls changes to quarters - avoiding the need to handle awkward combinations coins with dimes and nickels - so they have tended to do the larger quarter-related toll adjustment every three years or so.

At the E-470 Public Highway Authority (e470) they are making changes to the way they collect license plate tolls (LPT) under all-electronic tolling (AET) - forgiving past late fees and penalties, and increasing the options for LPT customers to pay their tolls. They announced late last month they are rebilling delinquent accounts without the late fees and other penalties for customers who pay up.

North Texas Tollway Authority on the President George Bush Turnpike and E470 Public Highway Authority in Denver CO will cease all cash toll collection this week. The conversions to all-electronic tolling (AET) will be very differently conducted.

E470 tollroad in the eastern part of Denver CO will become fully electronic and cease cash toll collection July 4 2009.They've coined the term 'Non Stop Tolling' for all-electronic toll collection. First stage of the process will be introduction of camera tolling brandnamed 'License Plate Toll' on Jan 1 2009 under which motorists without transponders will be allowed to whiz through the highspeed electronic toll lanes previously reserved to those with transponders.