E-ZPass
CBS David Letterman says E-ZPass toll violation weighs heavily on his conscience
Posted on Fri, 2011-07-29 23:14
CBS' talk show people built the best part of two shows this week out of banter around a supposed toll violation
by David Letterman, the late night gabber.
E-ZPass rated 66th Greatest Thing in America - FORTUNE
Posted on Thu, 2011-07-28 21:46Earlier this month Fortune staff presented their list of the hundred "greatest things about America."![]()
Alexis de Tocqueville wrote in Democracy in America: "The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults."
Kapsch wins big next-gen E-ZPass tag-reader procurement - "better performance, better price" than TransCore (CORRECTED)
Posted on Thu, 2011-07-21 14:30
Kapsch TrafficCom IVHS Inc (Kapsch) has been chosen over TransCore to supply the next generation tag-reader system to the E-ZPass group of 24
toll agencies of the E-ZPass Interagency Group (IAG). In a one page announcement just released the IAG says: "Kapsch TrafficCom IVHS, Inc.
IAG decision on new tag-reader system "imminent"
Posted on Thu, 2011-07-21 09:23The E-ZPass Inter Agency Group (IAG) is close to a final decision on a new tag-reader system to replace the 1990s technology of the present battery powered
transponders. The procurement process for a new system started in 2005 making it one of the most protracted or exhaustive equipment selections in the history of US tolling.
One official apparently in the know told us the decision is "imminent."
E-ZPass and Florida working on toll interoperability - startup by end of year?
Posted on Thu, 2011-05-19 12:44
E-ZPass and Florida's SunPass have established a working group on interoperability and the executive director of the E-ZPass Group PJ Wilkins has said it should be possible to
have this working by the end of this year.
New York MTAB&T to swap out 1.2m E-ZPass transponders
Posted on Mon, 2011-04-11 23:15
MTA Bridges and Tunnels in New York City is beginning a swap-out of 1.2 million E-ZPass transponders. They're sending out new transponders (also known as tags) and a postage-paid envelop for customers to return their old transponders that are judged to be nearing end of battery life. The 1.2m being taken out of service represent 35% of the 3.4m transponders MTAB&T had on issue at the end of January - attached to 2.1m accounts.
E-ZPass purple coming to Massachusetts Oct 1 2011 - bank ads coming down
Posted on Mon, 2010-12-06 12:31
Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) will drop the transponder tolling brand FAST LANE and adjacent Citizens Bank signs around October 1st next year when its sponsorship contract with the bank expires. The state is going mainstream and adopting the E-ZPass brand-name.
Kapsch buying Mark IV (with UPDATE Monday)
Posted on Fri, 2010-11-05 20:34
Kapsch the big European-based toll systems company is buying Mark IV IVHS, sole supplier of
transponders and readers to the huge E-ZPass group of tollers in America.
Capper flying for Milton Council in E-ZPass purple (PERSONNEL)
Posted on Sun, 2010-06-06 20:49
Retired Mark IV tolls chief exec Martin Capper may have left behind the world of E-ZPass but he has
found it impossible to let go of his favorite brand's purple color.
Crawford to step down next May - E-ZPass IAG seeking new chief exec, office move to Wilmington DE
Posted on Wed, 2009-11-25 16:41
Jim Crawford, the blunt spoken executive-director of the E-ZPass Inter Agency Group (IAG)
will step down from his position at the country's leading electronic toll collection cooperative when his employment contract expires in late May 2010. The search has begun for his successor.
