FOR WHOM THE BURGER TOLLS : TOLLING TECHNOLOGY IS OPENING THE WAY TO ADD-ON APPLICATIONS, FOR EXAMPLE IN RETAILING

This article describes plans for establishing what may be the first North American effort towards deploying tolling technology in a retailing context. It discusses how McDonald's patrons in Orange County, California, will soon participate in an operational field test which will allow them to charge meals using FASTRAK transponders. The article also briefly describes how advanced radio frequency transponders designed primarily for automatic vehicle identification (AVI) applications have features that allow users to access to multiple applications.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Publication Date: January/February 2000
• Corporate Authors:

  Minnesota Department of Transportation

  Office of Materials, 1400 Gervais Avenue
  Maplewood, MN  United States  55109
• Authors:
  • Crawford, David
• Publication Date: 2000

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 43
• Serial:
  • ITS international. Vol. 6, Issue no. 1
  • Publisher: Minnesota Department of Transportation

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automated toll collection

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00799527
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: PATH, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Oct 6 2000 12:00AM