Oklahoma Pike Pass Interoperability - Late 2018

[Bobby5280]

It looks like the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority's Pike Pass tags now have interoperability with Fort Bend County Toll Road Authority roads in Texas. Those toll roads include the Fort Bend Parkway, Grand Parkway and Westpark Tollway. I saw this via an online article at the Tulsa World's web site.

The same article says Pike Pass has interoperability with four roads in the Austin area operated by Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority. That's news to me. The article wasn't specific which roads were included. It also says HCTRA toll roads may be added shortly after Jan 1, 2019.

Strangely there are no press releases or anything else about it at the Pike Pass web site. They do have a slide show slide on their home page mentioning EZ Tag and TxTag will be added in the future.

[J N Winkler]

Is there any explanation of why interoperability for PikePass is being introduced so late, and in such a piecemeal fashion, when OTA is a signatory to the same interoperability agreement that effectively gave K-Tag holders full access to all electronic toll roads in Texas?

[rte66man]

It looks like the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority's Pike Pass tags now have interoperability with Fort Bend County Toll Road Authority roads in Texas. Those toll roads include the Fort Bend Parkway, Grand Parkway and Westpark Tollway. I saw this via an online article at the Tulsa World's web site.

The same article says Pike Pass has interoperability with four roads in the Austin area operated by Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority. That's news to me. The article wasn't specific which roads were included. It also says HCTRA toll roads may be added shortly after Jan 1, 2019.

When I was in Austin last month, my PikePass did not work on either the MoPac express lanes or TX130

[bmorrill]

TxTag and PikePass were supposed to have become interoperable a couple of years ago, but the project seems to have died a quiet death.  Once NTTA and OTA reached their separate agreement on interoperability, I cancelled both my TxTag and PikePass accounts and picked up an NTTA TollTag. It works everywhere I go.