Charging, Tolling & RUC

Union Tank Eckstein (UTA) is facilitating fee processing for vehicles over 3.5 tonnes ahead of the DarsGo toll system’s barrier-free processing technology, launching in Slovenia, on the 1 April 2018. Clients can obtain a DarsGo On-Board Unit (OBU) via a UTA full service card at Dars, Petrol, Österreichische Mineralölverwaltung and Magyar OLaj- és Gázipari Részvénytársaság service stations. The toll applies to all motorways and expressways throughout the country with the amount based on vehicle class, Euro

Emovis has announced its toll interoperability cloud-based hub in Ireland has cleared more than 50 million cleared in 2017. The solution is intends to allow drivers to travel with one toll tag across the whole country. The company says there are more than 650,000 toll transponders in use as of January 2018.

The Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority (CTRMA) and North East Texas Regional Mobility Authority have selected Cofiroute USA (Cofiroute), a Vinci Highways subsidiary, to deliver toll services that will help them provide a better service for drivers. The five-year contract represents an annual volume of approximately 23 million transactions. Under the agreement, Cofiroute will provide pay by mail processing, collections and customer services on five motorways and expressways in Austin and Tyler. It a

Q-Free has won a contract, valued $3.8m (£2.1m), to supply tags to an Australian road operator over a three-year period. Interlink Roads manages and develops the M5 South-West Motorway and the E-way tolling business. Silje Troseth, general manager Australia, said: “We are very pleased to continue our relationship with Interlink Roads and ensure supply of Q-Free’s high performing tags in Australia.”

The San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) has selected Kapsch TrafficCom (Kapsch) to upgrade toll systems on the interstate 15 (I-15) Express Lanes and the State Route 125 toll road (South Bay Expressway). The project aims to provide drivers with more seamless journeys that feature modern technology and streamlined maintenance and operation activities. It is expected to be completed in the second half of 2019. Through the agreement, Kapsch will replace all in-lane equipment with a software support

2,000 Washington-based volunteers are taking part in an Emovis project which will replace the gas tax with a pay-per-mile travelled charge. The results of the year-long trial will help shape the state’s future transportation funding policy. Called the Washington Road User Charge Pilot Project, it will also test multi-jurisdictional charging by relying on the location-aware capabilities of on-board mileage recording devices. The simulated charges applied to trips will vary depending on the location of each

Q-Free will supply tags to The Expressway Authority of Thailand in a contract valued approximately ฿68m (£1.5m). Håkon Volldal, CEO of Q-Free, said: “This order confirms the high technical performance of Q-Free’s tags and our ability to supply significant volumes on short notice.”

Norwegian supplier of ITS products Q-Free Open Roads (Q-Free) has been chosen as a sub- contractor for two US tolling projects in Washington and San Diego, valued $4.4m (£3.1m). These deals also include five year maintenance agreements and work will begin immediately. Håkon Volldal, president and CEO of Q-Free Asa, said: "We are pleased to see continued growth of our industry-leading image based solutions in North America. These two contracts clearly demonstrate our competitiveness in the market and build

Transcore has selected Norway's Q-Free Open Roads (Q-Free) as sub-contractor in a U.S. tolling scheme valued $1.4m (£1m). It will provide Intrada Synergy Server products and services in the North Carolina Turnpike Authority roadside toll collection project for the Monroe Expressway and the US-74 Express Lanes. The contact beings immediately and will be followed by a five-year maintenance agreement.

Kistler Group (Kistler) will showcase its KiTraffic Weigh-in-Motion (WIM) solutions at this year’s Intertraffic in Amsterdam from the 20-23 March 2018. The innovations are intended to support road owners and authorities in road and traffic monitoring, weight enforcement and weight-based tolling. The KiTraffic Plus, a WIM solution for automated road monitoring, comes with Lineas quartz sensors and is said to measure vehicle loads at different speeds on a range of lanes. It uses two to eight sensors per l