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TransCore recently completed the installation of 37.8 miles of all-electronic toll system equipment along the Houston area’s Grand Parkway. The 188-mile Grand Parkway, State Highway 99, is comprised of 11 segments and will ultimately traverse seven counties. With six of the 11 segments now completed, the Grand Parkway has already exceeded all traffic and revenue forecasts, nearly doubling the number of transactions handled in February 2015.
“The Grand Parkway undertaking is indeed historic, and will surely set the standard for others to follow in providing innovative solutions that serve the regional mobility needs of large metropolitan cities,” said Michael E. Stone, PMP, with the Fort Bend Grand Parkway Toll Road Authority.
The Fort Bend Grand Parkway Toll Road Authority and the Texas Department of Transportation selected TransCore to serve as lead integrator for their comprehensive toll collection systems. In this capacity, TransCore is designing, implementing and maintaining the toll collection system for all segments of the Grand Parkway, as well as two segments along the Fort Bend Tollway and the Westpark Tollway.
All toll locations will be equipped with TransCore’s Infinity∞ Digital Lane System, which consists of Encompass 6 readers that enable toll interoperability within the region, the Intelligent Vehicle Identification System to accurately classify vehicles, and the Vehicle Capture and Recognition System to capture video images.
“The Grand Parkway undertaking is indeed historic, and will surely set the standard for others to follow in providing innovative solutions that serve the regional mobility needs of large metropolitan cities,” said Michael E. Stone, PMP, with the Fort Bend Grand Parkway Toll Road Authority.
The Fort Bend Grand Parkway Toll Road Authority and the Texas Department of Transportation selected TransCore to serve as lead integrator for their comprehensive toll collection systems. In this capacity, TransCore is designing, implementing and maintaining the toll collection system for all segments of the Grand Parkway, as well as two segments along the Fort Bend Tollway and the Westpark Tollway.
All toll locations will be equipped with TransCore’s Infinity∞ Digital Lane System, which consists of Encompass 6 readers that enable toll interoperability within the region, the Intelligent Vehicle Identification System to accurately classify vehicles, and the Vehicle Capture and Recognition System to capture video images.