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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 ...
The Westpark Tollway is a 22-mile (35.4 km) toll road starting in Uptown Houston and traveling westward parallel to sections of Westpark Drive and FM 1093 and terminating just past FM 723 in Fulshear, Texas. It is the first all-electronic toll road in the United States. The Fort Bend County Toll Road Authority (FBCTRA) operates the westernmost ...
The main lanes elsewhere are the Sam Houston Tollway, a toll road owned and operated by the Harris County Toll Road Authority (HCTRA). East of Houston, the tollway crosses the Houston Ship Channel on the Sam Houston Ship Channel Bridge , a toll bridge ; this forms a gap in Beltway 8 between I-10 (Baytown-East Freeway) and State Highway 225 (SH ...
Central Polk Parkway—planned, unfunded toll road in Polk County. As of January 2015, the design phase of seven of eight segments has been funded. [106] Heartland Parkway—proposed 110-mile (180 km) toll road through interior counties, from southwest of the Orlando metro area to the Fort Myers-Naples area. [107]
A reason in favor of toll roads mentioned in The Texas Tribune was tolls are "vital" to the state's future mobility planning as Texas tries to close the gap on road funding shortfall. [7] The article explains how the gas tax has not been increased since 1993 and costs of building roadways has increased throughout time supporting the ...
Electronic toll collection (ETC) is a wireless system to automatically collect the usage fee or toll charged to vehicles using toll roads, HOV lanes, toll bridges, and toll tunnels. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is a faster alternative which is replacing toll booths , where vehicles must stop and the driver manually pays the toll with cash or a card.
Toll Authority: All toll roads in Texas, Georgia and the State of Washington, agreements pending with E-Z Pass system(s), Colorado and California Agencies Roadways: All toll roads in Texas, Florida and Washington State Capabilities: Provides the ability for users to add their vehicle information and pay tolls.
The Hardy Toll Road is a controlled-access toll road in the Greater Houston area of the U.S. state of Texas, maintained by the Harris County Toll Road Authority. The route runs from Interstate 610 near central Houston to Interstate 45 just south of the Harris–Montgomery county line. The road generally parallels Interstate 45.