EZ TAG
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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 system, are allowed to use exclusively reserved lanes on all Harris County Toll Road Authority roads. As of late 2003, through the new TxTAG program, the EZ TAG can also be used on all lanes of tolled roadways in the Dallas metroplex.
How it works
To participate, drivers sign up through the EZ TAG website (http://www.eztagstore.com), the telephone (281-875-3279), or at one of the store locations. Next, the customers receive small, white radio frequency transmitters which must be affixed to the insides of their windshields behind their rear view mirrors. Finally, when passing through a toll plaza, drivers choose lanes specially equipped with sensors that can read EZ TAG transmitters and deduct the appropriate amount from their accounts.EZ TAG users are also unwitting participants for Houston TranStar (http://traffic.houstontranstar.org/layers/), which provides transportation management and emergency management services to the Greater Houston Region.
Houston Transtar uses EZ TAG sensors all over the city’s for their Automatic Vehicle Identification (AVI) traffic monitoring system. By tracking the movement of individual transponder tags (EZ TAG users) over the city, the system can generate realtime traffic information for use by the general public.
The \"New\" EZ Tag
In June of 2006, HCTRA introduced a new version of the transponder tag. Instead of battery-powered radio transmitters, the new tags are adhesive stickers with a button-sized transmitter implanted within. These new tags help save money by eliminating the monthly $1 rental fee. Along with this, the new tags must be purchased due to the fact that the sticker is personal property. The tag $15 security deposit can be applied to the purchase price
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