Why are toll booths going away?

Toll agencies are tearing down staffed booths (cash lanes) because they are dangerous and slow. Instead, we have to start using electronic toll collection (ETC) – those special transponder passes. But most toll passes won’t work out of state. With no toll booths, how do you pay when you are on vacation?

I speak with Samuel Johnson, the chief operations officer for a southern California toll road agency (The Toll Roads - TCA), about a cool new technology which will soon make paying a toll easier than ever. It’s called electronic toll interoperability, and it’s all possible with a tiny sticker.

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Source material:
IBTTA: North American Toll Interoperability
https://www.ibtta.org/sites/default/files/Interoperabiity%20Background-1.pdf

IBTTA: Status of Toll Interoperability (2016)
https://www.ibtta.org/sites/default/files/documents/Interoperability/IBTTA%20White%20Paper%20Toll%20Interoperability%20September%202016.pdf

Federal Highway Administration: Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century
https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/map21/summaryinfo.cfm

TCA: The Future of FasTrak is Here
https://youtu.be/9ZLtlAWXmTU

KCBS: OC Toll Road Commuters Face Last Day To Pay With Cash
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCNv_4D6TTc

WFLA: Florida Man Caught With License Plate Shield
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROUK9c3P97Y

WFOR: Police Arrest Man Caught Using License Plate Cover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2KQmZGPlmg

Orange County Register: 20,000 drivers dodge toll road fees each week, despite new law
https://www.ocregister.com/2019/05/17/despite-new-state-law-20000-cars-a-week-on-toll-roads-dont-have-proper-license-plates-and-arent-paying-tolls/

The Press-Enterprise: Orange County Toll Roads Going Cashless May 14
https://www.pe.com/2014/04/15/transportation-orange-county-toll-roads-going-cashless-may-14/

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Additional reading (for the electrical engineering ultra-geeks):
ISO 18000-63 ("6C") Technical Data:
https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:std:iso-iec:18000:-63:en

Why agencies selected 6C as the national standard:
https://www.ibtta.org/sites/default/files/documents/2011/Plano/ROESNER_BRUCE_Transponder%20Reader.pdf