cashless tolling
North Carolina Turnpike announces first toll rates - 13.5c/mile 8.4c/km
Posted Thu, 2008-04-17 20:19
North Carolina Turnpike Authority (NCTA) announced its first toll rates - a base toll of 13.5c/mile (8.4c/km) for cars using transponders. The tolling on the Triangle Expressway in the western area of Raleigh is due to begin in December 2010.
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Bob Poole in Wall Street Journal on getting rid of toll plazas (OPINION & COMMENT)
Posted Mon, 2007-11-05 21:23
The Wall Street Journal oped page today (2007-11-05 pA18) carries a piece by Bob Poole urging tollers in America to completely do away with toll booths and go all electronic. He is confident private sector tollers can be counted on to "put their customers' interest first, by eliminating cash tolling. He adds: "Since most U.S. 2645 words read more »
PANYNJ to study all-electronic tolling
Posted Mon, 2007-06-25 20:30
Some of the busiest toll facilities in America could go cashless if a study and design effort is positive. The Port Authority New York New Jersey (PANYNJ) has embarked on a two year $9m "study and preliminary design" for all-electronic toll collection. This would mean the elimination of existing toll plazas and their replacement by overhead gantries bearing transponder readers and license plate imaging cameras.
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