2. A Growing Industry
Tolling Statistics
• Over 100 North American toll authorities in
35 States
• Several new authorities being planned
• More than $10 Billion collected annually in
North America
– $7.3 Billion collected by the E-ZPass Group
(Northeast)
– $1 Billion collected by Florida Turnpikes
– $1 Billion collected by Texas Turnpikes
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3. From Stop & Go to Free Flow
Tolling Evolution
• A memory of the past (1980’S)
– Toll booths (cash collection with gate arms)
• The ultimate interoperability scheme
• Harnessing RFID technology (1990’S)
– Open Road Tolling (ORT)
• Toll booths with separated highway
speed toll collection
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4. From Stop & Go to Free Flow
Tolling Evolution
• Positioning for the future (Now!)
– All Electronic Tolling (AET)
• Highway speed tolls…no roadside
cash collection
• Use multi-protocol reader to read
different transponders
• Uses video for billing and violation
enforcement
• Provides backbone for other pay-as-you go applications,
e.g. VMT, Parking
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5. Multi-Protocol Technology
New and Improved Business Model
• Multi-protocol readers can read different
transponders (RFID) at highway speeds
– Several agencies are installing multi-protocol
readers
• Creating new business agreements with multiple
agencies
• Does not require changing RFID technology
• New Form Factors Offer New Opportunities
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6. Image-based Tolling
New and Improved Business Model
• Image-based tolling is key to interoperability
– Bill from license plate image
• Bill users without transponders
• Can eliminate cash collection
• Augments incompatible electronic devices
– Once a violator, now a customer
– Increased reliance on accurate MVA databases
– Cash customers still have option to pay cash
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7. Typical North American Toll Facility
Demographics
• Political Subdivision of the State
• Established by State Statute
• Does Not Receive Federal or State Funds
• Does Not Receive Federal or State Gas Tax
Funds
• May Have an NLETS ORI
• Subscribes to DPPA Requirements
• Public Safety Services Provided by State Police
• Increasingly Relies Upon DMVs for Operations 7
10. E-470 Public Highway Authority
• 47 mile toll road
• 51.3 million transactions
• 72% EXpressToll penetration
• $94.3 million toll revenue net
of bad debt
• $120 million in total revenue
• $1.4 billion of debt
• 2.8 M Out of State Transactions
• 883K Transactions not Processed
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11. Example Image-based Tolling Statistics
Colorado’s Q1 AAMVA Region IV Transactions
State LPT Transactions LPT Accounts
CO 5,408,312 507,994
WY 149,542 24,744
CA 61,065 5,616
AZ 39,858 3,344
WA 25,631 104
NM 24,594 3,302
UT 18,131 2,396
MT 16,051 2,533
NV 14,515 803
OR 13,579 1,776
ID 11,351 1,686
AK 4,415 692
AB 2,995 6
SK 1,075 2
BC 1,045 89
HI 877 127
Total 5,793,036 555,214
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12. Transponders Deployed
Regional Networks
• Cost of converting to a single technology is
enormous
– Over 50 million customers use transponders
• $500 million for transponder replacement
– Cost of changing roadside and back office systems
• Estimated $2 billion or more
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13. Interoperability
The Common Denominator
• Solution without adapting to one technology
– Provides reliable vehicle identification by combining RFID
transponders, multi-protocol readers and ALPR Technologies
• Next Step: Provide a system for information exchange
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16. Implementation
• February 2011
– Issuing RFP for license plate interoperability hub
– Pilot Program beginning mid-2011
• Implement:
1st: License plate data exchange
2nd: RFID information exchange
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17. License Plates Databases
Solutions in the Making
• Toll industry needs:
– Improved access to vehicle registration
information
– Continued coordination with American
Association of Motor Vehicles (AAMVA) and state
and provincial MVAs
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18. AAMVA
Working Group
• Discuss areas of Common Interest
– License Plate Standards
– Enforcement
– Registration lookups and holds
– HUB operations
– Technology overlaps
19. Dave Kristick
Deputy Executive Director
E-470 Public Highway
Authority
Aurora, Colorado
dkristick@e-470.com
(303) 537-3702
QUESTIONS?
Editor's Notes
This slide should promote all things AET – we’ve moved to AET for a reason…while cash collection was ‘fully interoperable’ it was dangerous, costly and time consuming. Discussion Points: Toll industry has been transitioning with new technology over the past 30 years We have moved to AET because: 1. Customer desire – time & money savings!! 2. New customer base – cashless – nobody carries cash anymore - Pay with transponder (banked) - Pay with license plate (unbanked/underbanked/privacy concerns, etc.) - Mention underbanked/unbanked payment options (new cash for credit cards, upcoming cellular options, CSC sites, etc.) 3. Significant money saving for agencies/states as well - Reduced footprint/right-of-way - Reduced installation – less infrastructure - Reduced operating costs
Toll industry is advancing RFID technology – dual protocol readers and new business agreements (EZG) but it still has shortcomings
Solution to the shortcomings, is video tolling. - Serves non/incompatible customers through plate billing but does rely on LP data (and as discussed in later slides, current customer data) - Augments previous cash payers – they still have cash options as discussed in the last slide
Solution to the shortcomings, is video tolling. - Serves non/incompatible customers through plate billing but does rely on LP data (and as discussed in later slides, current customer data) - Augments previous cash payers – they still have cash options as discussed in the last slide
Discussion Part 1: Interoperable regions include EZG, SunPass, TxTag and FasTrak. NC will soon be interoperable with FL and EZG with new dual-protocol readers. Generally touch on incompatible technologies: Different vendors, patented technology and closed-architecture systems in each region – NC being the first to deploy MP Readers, but only compatible with two regions due to RFID technology restrictions. Mention local v. occasional users Discussion Part 2: Each system is different, and not just the transponders ranging from $x to $x apiece, but the back office and roadside systems which work specifically with the transponders (customers) that are deployed and are complicated and expensive to install. Over 40 million tags deployed today!! Current interoperable regions have millions, some billions, if not more, of dollars invested in their individual systems. POINT: NOT JUST A SWAP OF TECHNOLOGY (TAGS) – EXPENSIVE.
Solution to the shortcomings, is video tolling. - Serves non/incompatible customers through plate billing but does rely on LP data (and as discussed in later slides, current customer data) - Augments previous cash payers – they still have cash options as discussed in the last slide
Solution to the shortcomings, is video tolling. - Serves non/incompatible customers through plate billing but does rely on LP data (and as discussed in later slides, current customer data) - Augments previous cash payers – they still have cash options as discussed in the last slide
Solution to the shortcomings, is video tolling. - Serves non/incompatible customers through plate billing but does rely on LP data (and as discussed in later slides, current customer data) - Augments previous cash payers – they still have cash options as discussed in the last slide
1 st portion: EXISTING customers only
2 nd Portion: Access to non-existing customers Option to build into other services (parking, fleets, transit, etc.) Full transportation account
Could also mention: Violation enforcement BUT not on their agenda and we are working on it state by state Need for license plate change – BUT currently state ran Potential for VMT through RFID – again, not on their agenda