ISO 18000 6C

At E-470 Public Highway Authority (e470PHA),  the Denver area toller,  they are beginning the transition from hardbodied California T21 protocol transponders to ISO 18000 6C open standard sticker tags from their regular supplier Federal Signal Technologies (FSTech). e470PHA's electronic toll system marketed under the brand-name EXpressToll has some 800,000 tags in use, issued to some 380,000 accounts.

Federal Signal/Sirit ISO 18000 6C standard sticker tags and ID5100 readers will be used for the government of Thailand's electronic vehicle registration project. Starting later this year motorists registering their vehicle in Thailand will have the option of receiving an RFID sticker tag in place of the normal printed tag.

Neology continues to dominate as a supplier of ISO 18000 6C sticker tag technology for Mexico's electronic vehicle registration (EVR). The first of REPUVE's Phase 2 contracts for readers and software has gone to Neology of San Diego over its main competitor Sirit. The contracts provide for supply of roadside readers and handhelds to the police of the states of Campeche, Tamaulipas and Nayarit.  

Brazil's federal legislature has voted final approval to implement plans for a nationwide automatic vehicle identification system based on the RFID ISO 18000 6C (6C) sticker tags. Under the Portuguese language acronym SINIAV planning for the system has been proceeding since 2004. The tags will begin to be deployed mid-2011 and three years later all the approximate 50m motor vehicles in the country are due to have them.

Georgia state tollers have got an impressive five bids to supply new toll technology, initially to be deployed in toll/HOT lanes being built in I-85 northeast of Atlanta. I-85 with all respect to Georgia is a fiddly little toll project of small inherent importance to the industry. But the bidders clearly see it as a foot-in-the-door project that could open the way to serious toll system sales elsewhere.

Georgia State Road and Toll Authority (Georgia Toll) have begun procurement of new toll systems to be initially deployed on I-85 toll express lanes northeast of Atlanta but intended to replace those currently used on GA400, and to be a standard for tolling elsewhere in the state.