Smart Tag
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- This article describes the toll collection system in Virginia, United States. For the toll collection system in Malaysia, see SmartTAG. For other meanings of the term, see smart tag (disambiguation).
Smart Tag is the former name of a transponder-based electronic toll collection system launched by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) as Fastoll on April 15, 1996. It was rebranded as Smart Tag in 1998[1], and was placed under the umbrella of Smart Travel.
The system became interoperable with the E-ZPass toll collection system on October 27, 2004, although Richmond Metropolitan Authority owned toll roads -- Boulevard Bridge, the Downtown Expressway, and the Powhite Parkway (excluding the extension) did not begin accepting E-ZPass until August 3, 2005[2]; E-ZPass integration had been delayed due to damages from Tropical Storm Gaston.
As of November 2007, the Smart Tag brand name has been retired in favor of E-ZPass Virginia.
Roads and crossings which accept Smart Tag/E-ZPass:
- Dulles Toll Road from Falls Church to Dulles International Airport (DC suburbs).
- Dulles Greenway, a privately owned highway from Dulles to Leesburg.
- Downtown Expressway in Richmond.
- Powhite Parkway and Powhite Parkway Extension in Richmond and Chesterfield County.
- Boulevard Bridge (the "Nickel Bridge", though it costs 25 cents now) in Richmond
- Pocahontas Parkway in Chesterfield and Henrico County.
- Chesapeake Expressway in Chesapeake.
- George P. Coleman Bridge, across the York River near Newport News (U.S. Highway 17).
- Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel
- Any road or crossing in the E-ZPass network.
[edit] References
- ^ Lyons, David (2002). Surveillance as Social Sorting: Privacy, Risk and Digital Discrimination. Routledge, p. 162. ISBN 0415278724. [1]
- ^ Richmond Metropolitan Authority, August 3, 2005 (accessed through the Internet Archives)
