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In the 1990's a task force was formed among executives of seven regional transportation agencies in NY - NJ area. The mission of the task force was to investigate the feasibility and desirability of adopting electronic toll collection (ETC) for the interregional roadways of the area. ETC is accomplished by providing commuters with small transceivers (tags) that emit a tuned radio signal. Receivers placed at toll booths are able to receive the radio signal and identify the commuter associated with the particular signal. Commuters establish ETC accounts that are debited for each use of a toll road or facility thus eliminating the need for the commuter to pay by cash or token. Because the radio signal can be read from a car in motion, ETC can reduce traffic jams at toll plazas by allowing tag holders to pass through at moderate speeds. At the time NY- NJ agencies were studying the service electronic toll collection was already being used successfully in Texas and Louisiana. Even though several of the agencies had individually considered implementing ETC they recognized that independent adoption would fall far short of the potential benefits achievable of an integrated interregional system.

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