Status of Toll Interoperability

PURPOSE:

• To determine the status of national tolling interoperability.
• To identify what remains to be done in order to develop, implement, and operate a national tolling system – as required by the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21^st Century Act (MAP-21).

BACKGROUND:

• Enacted in 2012, MAP-21 made significant changes to the tolling provisions that reinforce the encouragement of high-occupancy toll lanes and congestion pricing.
• One of these provisions requires national electronic toll collection (ETC) interoperability by October 2016.
• The International Bridge, Tunnel, and Turnpike Association has examined ETC interoperability, with an early focus on selection of a single National Toll Protocol for transponders and reader equipment.