Thread: CharlieCards v.v. Oyster (and Octopus?)
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Old January 20th 12, 08:34 PM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london,misc.transport.rail.americas
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Default CharlieCards v.v. Oyster (and Octopus?)
On 20/01/2012 00:29, Michael Finfer wrote:
On 1/19/2012 5:34 PM, wrote:
aybe even for bridge and tunnel tolls.

I doubt that a Smart Card would be used for bridge and tunnel tolls as
most cars in the greater New York area are equipped with special
transponders that toll gates read. They can also be used on other road
agencies' territories -- even in Ontario, in Canada.

Who knows, though?

It's the same technology, RFID, but tapping a smart card at a toll booth
defeats the big advantage that electronic tolling systems have: no need
to stop and open your window.

I'm not sure why any agency would go the smart card route for tolls.

Michael Finfer
Bridgewater, NJ

I also tend to believe that toll booths will be dismantled and that
cars will be able to travel at normal speeds on a motorway while readers
mounted on a frame over it will simply read the transponders.

I saw that once on the New Jersey Turnpike.

For those cars that are either from out of town or lacking a
transponder, they will have cameras with license plate recognition
software.
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