Smart Tag

: "This article describes the toll collection system in Virginia, United States. For the toll collection system in Malaysia, see SmartTAG. For other meanings of the term, see smart tag (disambiguation)."

. It was rebranded as Smart Tag in 1998 [cite book
last = Lyons
first = David
title = Surveillance as Social Sorting: Privacy, Risk and Digital Discrimination
publisher = Routledge
date = 2002
pages =p. 162
isbn = 0415278724 [http://books.google.com/books?id=hNIdiUWPSmQC&pg=PA162&lpg=PA162&dq=fastoll+%22smart+tag%22&source=web&ots=YwRPn7TMtK&sig=Sy3jEyLqfFcTyF2ObtKCS6Sphxo] ] , and was placed under the umbrella of Smart Travel.

The system became interoperable with the E-ZPass toll collection system on October 27 2004, although Richmond Metropolitan Authority owned toll roads -- Boulevard Bridge, the Downtown Expressway, and the Powhite Parkway (excluding the extension) did not begin accepting E-ZPass until August 3 2005 [ [http://web.archive.org/web/20050818110013/http://rmaonline.org/ Richmond Metropolitan Authority, August 3, 2005] (accessed through the Internet Archives)] ; E-ZPass integration had been delayed due to damages from Tropical Storm Gaston.

As of November 2007, the Smart Tag brand name has been retired in favor of E-ZPass Virginia.

Roads and crossings which accept Smart Tag/E-ZPass:

*Dulles Toll Road from Falls Church to Dulles International Airport (DC suburbs).
*Dulles Greenway, a privately owned highway from Dulles to Leesburg.
*Downtown Expressway in Richmond.
*Powhite Parkway and Powhite Parkway Extension in Richmond and Chesterfield County.
*Boulevard Bridge (the "Nickel Bridge", though it costs 25 cents now) in Richmond
*Pocahontas Parkway in Chesterfield and Henrico County.
*Chesapeake Expressway in Chesapeake.
*George P. Coleman Bridge, across the York River near Newport News (U.S. Highway 17).
*Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel
*Any road or crossing in the E-ZPass network.

References

External links

* [http://www.smart-tag.com/ Smart Tag]
* [http://www.virginiadot.org/travel/smart-default.asp Smart Travel Virginia]