ETC Wins 2019 Toll Excellence Award for Central United States Interoperability Hub

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  Monday, July 22, 2019

CONTACT: Bill Cramer, Communications Director

[email protected] or 202-210-2962 (mobile)
 

ETC Selected for Private Sector Award for Development of Interoperability Hub Providing Efficient and Effective Flow Between Seven Participating Toll Agencies

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association (IBTTA) today announced ETC has been awarded the 2019 Toll Excellence Private Sector Award for the development of a central United States interoperability hub across seven participating toll agencies in three states (Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas), meeting National Interoperability Standards and paving the way for a national interoperability system. 

The 2019 Toll Excellence Awards will formally be presented during IBTTA's 87th Annual Meeting and Exhibition, September 15-17, 2019 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. One recipient will be honored with the prestigious President’s Award for Excellence during the awards ceremony.

“ETC’s development of a central United States interoperability hub helps move our industry forward, one step closer to national interoperability giving drivers a seamless mobility experience,” said Patrick Jones, Executive Director and CEO of IBTTA. “ETC has taken on a tough transportation challenge and worked with toll agencies to find a practical solution. We’re incredibly proud of the work they’ve done to represent our industry. On behalf of the transportation community, we congratulate ETC on this well-deserved recognition.”

Kevin Holbert, Executive Vice President, ETC said in response to the award selection, “ETC is excited to receive this honor. Our teams put a lot of thought, a lot of creativity and many-many hours to deliver a high-performance, future-proof product for the member agencies, and it is very rewarding to see our drive for innovation and our hard work recognized in the industry.”

The International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association (IBTTA) is the worldwide association for the owners and operators of toll facilities and the businesses that serve tolling. Founded in 1932, IBTTA has members in 23 countries on six continents. Through advocacy, thought leadership and education, members are implementing state-of-the-art, innovative user-based transportation financing solutions to address the critical infrastructure challenges of the 21st Century.

Each year, IBTTA presents the Toll Excellence Awards to highlight the very best projects, innovations and solutions from the international tolling industry. The awards encourage the industry to share and celebrate new ideas and emerging practices in six categories: Administration and Finance; Customer Service and Marketing Outreach; Social Responsibility; Technology; Toll Operations, Engineering and Maintenance; and Private Sector Innovation. You can view the full list of 2019 winners by visiting this link.
 

For more information about the awards, please contact Bill Cramer, Communications Director, IBTTA, [email protected]; 202.210.2962.

Background on the 2019 Toll Excellence Private Sector Award

Electronic Transaction Consultants (ETC) - Central United States Interoperability Hub (CUSIOP Hub)

The charge to Electronic Transaction Consultants Corporation (ETC) from the Central United States Interoperability (CUSIOP) Hub project was to design, develop, test and implement a new interoperability hub system that complied with U.S. national interoperability standards and facilitated transaction processing, reporting and reconciliation for the seven (7) participating agencies in the CUSIOP coalition in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. CUSIOP member agencies include Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority (CTRMA), Fort Bend County Toll Road Authority (FBCTRA), Harris County Toll Road Authority (HCTRA), Kansas Turnpike Authority (KTA), Oklahoma Turnpike Authority (OTA), North Texas Toll Authority (NTTA), and Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT).  The project replaced the existing Team TX Interoperability Hub, which had also been previously developed by ETC. The CUSIOP Hub will be processing transactions from other regional hubs in the very near future in the run up to achieve nationwide interoperability, using standardized protocols for file transfer and transaction processing. It is the very first multi-state hub that meets the new standards set for National Interoperability (NIOP), paving the way for the rest of the nation to follow suit. Furthermore, CUSIOP is the foundation underlying and enabling the region’s multimodal future, as the platform could be expanded to process data from non-tolling agencies and services, such as transit, ride-share and commercial parking. Thanks to IBTTA’s Interoperability Committee that developed the national standards in collaboration with stakeholders across the nation, CUSIOP’s member agencies’ leadership and ETC’s innovative design, the seven member agencies are currently at 95% compliance with the national standard, and the system is expected to achieve 100% compliance in late 2019. To date, CUSIOP has processed nearly 1B transactions and more than $1B in revenue.

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About ETC

ETC is a leading global systems and services provider for the tolling and transportation industries, delivering both Roadside systems as well as Back Office platforms, maintenance, and operations. Our nearly two decades of delivering technically sophisticated solutions have supported many of the country's largest toll authorities and helped transform the industry with first-of-its-kind advancements while processing over $3 billion of toll revenue annually. Our enterprise-wide Roadside and Back Office platforms provide the full range of functionality required to support all-electronic toll collection, open road tolling, express lanes, dynamic pricing, interoperability, audit, reconciliation, and reporting. With solutions designed to efficiently manage challenges such as tolling facility support, lane equipment control, cash and customer service management, our products incorporate AI-enabled technology with predictive capabilities, Big Data utilization, and innovative architectures which comprise the RITE® Roadside and Back Office Solution Suite. For more information on our products and services, visit www.etcc.com.

About IBTTA

The International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association (IBTTA) is the worldwide association for the owners and operators of toll facilities and the businesses that serve tolling. Founded in 1932, IBTTA has members in 23 countries on six continents. Through advocacy, thought leadership and education, members are implementing state-of-the-art, innovative user-based transportation financing solutions to address the critical infrastructure challenges of the 21st Century. For more information, please visit www.ibtta.org or join us on Twitter @IBTTA or #TollRoads.