TransCore recently announced that The Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA) awarded the company a $35 million contract for a new toll collection and accounting system (ATCAS II). Design is underway and slated for completion by 2012. The contract also includes a six year maintenance option.
The contract includes seven toll bridges in the San Francisco Bay area are owned and operated by the state, with tolls administered by BATA. These seven bridges provide essential transportation arteries for the traveling public, accommodating on average a total of more than 348,000 vehicles a day and support 73 toll lanes. The bridges and their number of toll lanes include:
After 13 years, the current toll collection system is nearing the end of its product life and cannot accommodate new functionality, such as configurable pricing or integration with Express Lane systems. The new ATCAS II project will replace the current toll collection system with a modern, configurable and expandable system. The project includes the replacement of in-lane and toll booth equipment, development and installation of hardware and software systems for a new toll collection system, and ongoing maintenance for the system. The new RFID equipment will include TransCore's multiprotocol Encompass 6 reader in all of the lanes.
The proposal evaluation panel included BATA operations and finance staff, and was supported by Caltrans and outside technical advisors. After evaluating proposals submitted by five bidders, the panel unanimously awarded the contract to TransCore.
"This exemplifies TransCore's commitment and leadership to develop customized technical solutions that meet our customer's particular requirements," commented John Simler, president of TransCore's Intelligent Transportation Systems.
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