Charging, Tolling & Road Pricing

The US state of Virginia has radically changed which cars are eligible to use high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes.

MTA Bridges and Tunnels (TBTA) has asked TransCore to design and build toll system equipment for the Central Business District Tolling Program (CBDTP) in New York City.

Tattile has launched an automatic system for determining the number of axles on a vehicle for tolling solutions. Axle Counter records the axles of any vehicle - driving at speeds up to 180km/h - in order to help toll operators allocate the correct charges.

Q-Free and an unnamed local partner have been chosen to deliver tolling solutions for a 22km toll road which runs from central Bangkok to Don Muang Airport in Thailand. The 95 million NOK (£8.5m) Don Muang Tollway (DMT) project includes the delivery of dedicated short range communications antennas, automatic number plate recognition enforcement, cash/credit card and QR code payment solutions as well as new IT infrastructure. Q-Free’s CEO Håkon Volldal says: “We are well positioned to successfully deliver

Indian transportation officials will meet this month (October) to discuss implementing a ‘One Nation One Tag’ policy to replace multiple smart tags being used on toll roads. The Times of India says the Fastag RFID-based smart tag is being used to pay tolls on the national highway network – but that commercial vehicles must have a separate tag to enter Delhi. An unnamed official is quoted as saying: "Why should people be made to buy multiple smart tags to pay toll on different roads? There have been comp