Inter Agency Group
Mark IV well positioned to win E-ZPass recompete
Posted Sat, 2008-06-14 13:45
Mark IV is well positioned to win the E-ZPass recompete. Close analysis of the Request For Proposals (RFP) from the E-ZPass Inter Agency Group (IAG) indicates it will be difficult for competitors to put up competitive bids. Indeed implementing any new technology from the existing Mark IV transponders will be tough.
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Triboro's M Ascher - price was key in 1994 selection of Mark IV (FOLLOWUP)
Posted Mon, 2008-03-31 20:44
Michael Ascher says the IAG did not capitulate to the special interests of the Garden State Parkway or any others in choosing Mark IV back in March 1994. He says cost was a major factor in Mark IV being given the sole source contract rather than the favorite going in, Amtech. Ascher was chairman of the executive committee meeting that decided the contract March 18 1994 in the Robert Moses Building of the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority on a snowy Friday evening. 2833 words read more »
E-ZPass IAG chief on new style transponders from Mark IV - CLARIFICATION
Posted Tue, 2007-05-22 08:55
South Carolina uses electronic toll equipment that is technically compatible with E-ZPass but they aren't part of E-ZPass and the Inter Agency Group (IAG) that sets equipment standards, negotiates purchase prices for the whole, and most importantly does clearing house operations with toll transponders of one another's members. We wrote in the tenth paragraph of our earlier report that "they (South Carolina) aren't part of the Inter Agency Group." 1163 words read more »
Illinois Tollway spars with Indiana concessionaire over commuter discounts - going to IAG
Posted Fri, 2007-04-13 12:57Illinois Tollway are strongly protesting commuter discounts planned on the Indiana Toll Road when transponder tolling begins later this year. Under present plans the ITR concession company will only offer discounts to holders of Indiana I-Zoom accounts, not to motorists with Illinois' I-PASS or eastern states E-ZPass accounts and transponders.
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