Tolling

Glossary of terms used for toll roads and bridges, HO/T and express lanes and toll collection on the U.S. highway system.

What is a Transponder?

An electronic device that processes tolls from a prepaid account. A set of readers at AET gantries and other toll collection communicates with the transponder to automatically deduct fees from motorist's accounts. Transponders are usually referred to as a toll pass or toll tag. There are a number of toll systems in use across the country with some interoperability between agencies. The long term goal is to have all systems [...]

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What is Toll-by-Plate?

An electronic collection system were cameras capture imagery of a motorist's vehicle and license plate for the purposes of processing a toll invoice to be mailed to the registrant's address later. These fees are typically higher than transponder based tolls. They alsod include an administration fee.

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What are Lexus Lanes?

A nickname given to Express Lanes or HO/T lanes where the general public regards the toll rates as so excessive that only drivers that can afford a luxury vehicle (like a Lexus) can afford to drive on them. This term is used by news and television media routinely when covering stories on Express Lane projects or expansion.

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What are High Occupancy Toll Lanes (HOT or HO/T)?

These lanes function similar to Express Lanes or conventional HOV lanes on Interstates and other commuter freeways in metropolitan areas. HOV eligible motorists may use these lanes free of charge, either through a preregistered account (such as with Peach Pass in Georgia), with an E-ZPass Flex transponder (such as in Northern Virginia), or simply by having the necessary number of passengers (Fastrak Lanes on I-15 in San Diego). Single occupent [...]

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What is a Gantry?

A gantry is a road enthusiast term for an overhead structure on a freeway or expressway that carries guide signs. In highway engineering, this structure is known as a sign bridge. The term is also used formally for all electronic toll (AET) collection points, where an array of transponder readers and cameras are used to levy tolls from a metal truss based structure.

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What are Express Lanes?

Express lanes were originally used for dual freeway segments where the inside carriageways provided limited ingress and egress points, allowing for higher speeds and better traffic flow due to the lack of merging traffic. A six mile segment of Interstate 96 from Livonia to Detroit, Michigan and Interstate 80 through Patterson, New Jersey include examples of this type of express lanes. Express lanes nowadays referred to toll lanes or tolled [...]

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What is All Electronic Tolling (AET)?

AET refers to a toll road or managed lane that collects all fees electronically through either a transponder system or toll-by-plate system. There are no conventional toll booths or cash collection of any kind on these facilities. Transponder systems vary across the country, with Fastrak used by California, TxTag and others in Texas, Sunpass in Florida and E-ZPass spread across Midwestern and Northeastern states among many more.

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