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EZ TAG is an electronic toll collection system in Houston, Texas, United States, that allows motorists to pay tolls without stopping at toll booths. Motorists with the tags are allowed to use lanes reserved exclusively for them on all Harris County Toll Road Authority (HCTRA) roads. As of late 2003, the EZ TAG can also be used on all lanes of ...
HCTRA came into being in September 1983 after Harris County voters approved a $900 million bond referendum by a 7–3 margin to release up to $900 million in bonds to create two toll roads – the Hardy Toll Road and the Sam Houston Tollway – to improve the regional mobility and reduce traffic congestion in the Greater Houston area, an area known for rapid population growth.
Cash collection (in the form of exact change) continued on the HCTRA maintained segment, the Fort Bend Toll Road until May 2017. [6] The only valid payments on both segments of the toll road include HCTRA's EZ TAG , NTTA 's TollTag , TxDOT's TxTAG and two out-of-state toll tags: K-TAG from Kansas (since May 2017) [ 7 ] and Pikepass from ...
In 2003, all Greater Houston area toll-roads operated by Harris County Toll Road Authority and Fort Bend County Toll Road Authority (), and all Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex area toll-roads operated by North Texas Tollway Authority became compatible with TxTag, with the exception of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and Dallas Love Field airport parking, where NTTA's TollTag is the only ...
Toll road continues north into Harris County as Fort Bend Toll Road (maintained by HCTRA) to Alternate U.S. 90 (South Main Street) in Houston. In July 2008 the authority converted the Fort Bend Parkway to EZ-Tag only, completely eliminating cash transactions for the agency and resulting in reduced toll collection and maintenance costs.
16.1. Brighton Boulevard in Denver. Chambers Road in Aurora. $1.50~$4.50 [ 32] All-electronic toll; allows ExpressToll and license plate toll; HOV-3+ must have an ExpressToll transponder which they can slide to the HOV indicator to ride free; motorcycles and RTD buses are toll-free [ 33] US 36 (Express Lanes) 16.0.
The only way to legally drive on the road is by using a transponder unit attached to a vehicle's windshield (either HCTRA's EZ TAG, NTTA's TollTag, TxTAG, PikePass from Oklahoma Turnpike Authority, or K-Tag from Kansas Turnpike Authority). These transponders communicate with overhead sensors to deduct tolls from the user's toll account.
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