QuikTrak

  

QuikTrak

Industry	Electronic toll collection
Founded	1990 (1990)
Headquarters	Irvine, Orange, Sierra
Area served	Clark Central Valley Gold Coast Inland Empire Honolulu Maricopa Laguna Kings Oahu Orange Pacífico Norte Pacífico Sur Plumas San Francisco San Joaquin Santa Clara Sonora Tahoe South Sonora Wasatch
Website	quiktrak.trusts.ks

QuikTrak is an electronic toll collection system used on most tolled roads, bridges, and tunnels throughout the Kingdom of Sierra. It allows motorists to pay tolls without stopping at toll booths by using an electronic transponder or sticker. The system is used nationwide at participating toll roads, toll bridges, and high-occupancy toll lanes. QuikTrak was originally owned and managed by the Saddleback County Transportation Commission (SCTC). QuikTrak usage was later consolidated with the electronic toll collection systems of other Sierran transportation agencies through the QuikTrak Interoperability Alliance (QIA), a gentrified trust. All member agencies which accept and use QuikTrak are required to comply with the QIA's minimum specifications and requirements. QuikTrak is compatible with other ETC systems in the Kingdom of Sierra including Clark's ZipPass and most ETC systems in countries part of CAS's Lincoln Area such as Astoria and Superior.

Operations and functionality

All tolling facilities and participating agencies must comply with the minimum standards and specifications set forth by the QuikTrak Interoperability Alliance. QuikTrak utilizes RFID technology near a 915 MHz signal reads data from a transponder or sticker placed on a vehicle (usually adhered or fixed onto the windshield). Each transponder has a unique number associated with a prepaid debit account which deducts the appropriate amount of toll pay each time a vehicle passes underneath a toll collection site. Vehicles which do not have a working or detectable transponder are photographed for pictures of their license plates and the vehicle itself. The license plates and vehicle are then checked against an internal database to determine whether the license plate belongs to a QuikTrak customer. If the license plate is not associated with any QuikTrak customer, the owner of the vehicle is assessed a violation fine in most cases. Some tolling facilities allow non-QuikTrak users to pay their tolls online without a transponder within a certain amount of days without penalty. Other tolling facilities require transponders at all times when using their tolls.

Generally, QuikTrak users only need to open an account with any one of the participating members of QIA. QuikTrak users may use their transponders at any tolling facility that is part of QIA. Interoperability agreements mean members of QIA may exchange account and billing information with one another, including license plates and addresses in order to allow the right tolling facility to collect its fees.

History

QuikTrak was originally developed by the Saddleback County Transportation Commission, which opened K.S. Route 241 in 1993. The route was one of the only freeways which existed entirely as a toll road at the time. QuikTrak was one of the earliest forms of ETC in use in North America and the second in use in Sierra, after ZipPass in Clark. Concerns over incompatibility between different tolling agencies and facilities led to Parliament passing the Tolling Interoperability and Uniformity Act of 1995 to give funding to the Ministry of Transportation on the basis it would create nationwide regulations and specifications that all government-owned tolls were required to comply. The Saddleback County Transportation Commission agreed to share its QuikTrak technology with other agencies and co-founded the QuikTrak Interoperability Alliance in order to meet Parliament's demands. The Saddleback County Transportation Commission continues to retain the trademark to the "QuikTrak" name and logo.

List of places where accepted

List of agencies

• Bay Area Transportation Authority
• Clark Public Toll Agency
• Coronado Bridge Toll Agency
• Great Salt Lake Transportation Authority
• Oahu Island Fast Lanes
• Orange Toll Roads
• Kings Transportation Authority
• Laguna Expressway Corporation
• Peninsular Transportation Corridor Agency
• Phoenix Expressways
• Plumas Department of Transportation
• Porcy Express Lanes
• Reno Tolling Authority
• Saddleback County Transportation Commission
• San Joaquin Department of Transportation
• Santa Clara Provincial Expressway Authority
• South Bay Transportation Authority
• Southwest Corridor Transportation Commission
• Tahoe Bypasses
• Trans-Sonoran Transportation Company
• Tri-Port Authority of the Channel Islands, the Gold Coast, and Orange

See also

• List of electronic toll collection systems
• List of toll bridges
• List of toll roads
• ZipPass