TransCore’s Tolling Technology Goes Live to Facilitate Kansas Turnpike’s Cashless Conversion
2024年7月25日 - 12:00AM
TransCore, a leader in advanced tolling and traffic management
solutions, today announced the successful go-live of its
groundbreaking cashless Infinity roadside tolling system across the
236-mile Kansas Turnpike. This milestone marks a significant
advancement in the turnpike’s transportation technology, improving
roadway safety, operational efficiency, and driver experience.
The new cashless Infinity system provides swift and accurate
toll collection without impeding traffic flow. The system
seamlessly forms tolling transactions for both KTAG users and
drivers without compatible transponders by integrating AI-powered
automatic license plate recognition (ALPR) technology with a
combination of RFID technology to read KTAGs, including TransCore’s
multi-protocol readers and transponders.
TransCore’s multi-disciplined project team partnered with Kansas
Turnpike Authority (KTA) to execute a phased design, construction,
and installation schedule, aimed at minimizing impact to traffic
flow and disruption to roadway users. The cashless roadside tolling
system successfully went live on July 1, 2024, in accordance with
the established project schedule and budget.
A second phase of the project to decommission toll booths and
reconfigure lanes is currently underway. Once completed, this will
further improve roadway safety and driver experience.
"We are proud to partner with KTA to deliver a modern, efficient
tolling solution that not only improves driver experiences, but
also helps make roadways safer," said Whitt Hall, President and CEO
of TransCore. “This was a complex, multi-year, multi-disciplined
project with many stakeholders involved, and we are pleased to have
successfully launched the project on time and on budget for KTA. We
are always grateful for the opportunity to build on our long-term
relationships and implement innovative transportation technologies
that facilitate our customers’ complex system conversions.”
In 2021, TransCore was commissioned to design and implement a
next-generation tolling system to replace KTA’s manual toll
collection system. Following a rigorous review process, KTA
selected TransCore’s proven and industry-leading Infinity roadside
tolling technology to deploy across 21 bi-directional tolling
locations statewide. A longstanding partner, TransCore has provided
tolling technology to the KTA for nearly 30 years and is working
with many of the largest U.S. tolling authorities to convert legacy
systems to cashless operations.
About TransCoreA global leader in the
transportation industry, TransCore provides innovative technical
solutions and services for all-electronic tolling, congestion
pricing, tolling back office, RFID applications, and intelligent
transportation systems. TransCore has deployed thousands of
electronic toll collection and express lanes and distributed
millions of RFID tags. Its systems capture billions of toll
transactions annually and supports the United States’ most accurate
and advanced toll collection operations.
TransCore is a subsidiary of ST Engineering, a global
technology, defense, and engineering group with a diverse portfolio
of businesses across the aerospace, smart city, defense, and public
security segments.
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