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The E-Z Pass Group has big plans for this electronic toll-collection system in the future. For instance, one of the most popular news is that Florida will soon become part of the network. However, they announced that Georgia would be joining the E-Z Pass network, and the Tollway Authority of Georgia will become one of the member agencies. It is unknown whether other states, like California or Texas , will become part of the network.

Cardullo expanded on these concepts and went on to patent his idea for an RFID tag. The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission recently approved a six percent toll increase for for both E-ZPass and cash customers. The increase is set to start at a. The transponder includes a memory card that stores data, the means to transmit a coded signal into and out of the memory, answer-back with data read-out capability, and the ability to internally generate power.

In general terms, the E-ZPass transponder is a two-way radio with the ability to transmits radio signals. The signals contain account information and the identification number of the transponder. Each toll lane has an antenna that sends out a radio signal to communicate with the transponder. Together the antenna and the transponder work to process the toll payment.

These computers track vehicle movement and controls the antennas. Together all these systems work to provide ease of passage and payment for a driver on a toll road. Philmus declined comment through a spokesman for Conduent. Company officials declined to be interviewed for this story. Philmus moved on to Xerox in as a senior vice president and remained with Conduent after the split. While operating as Xerox in , there were standing orders which increased fine collections, according to a state lawmaker.

Xerox instructed workers not to tell customers if their credit card was nearing its expiration date unless explicitly asked about that issue, according to state Sen. Diane J. Savino, a Brooklyn Democrat. E-ZPass users with an expired credit card received fines when trying to pass through an E-ZPass lane. Toll-booth personnel had to collect cash from those drivers. Cuomo, in his October remarks, defended the system on the Henry Hudson Bridge, the first in the New York City region to go to electronic tolling.

There, Cuomo said 94 percent of vehicles used E-ZPass and the other 6 percent received bills in the mail.

The Thruway Authority says the vast majority of drivers have paid their tolls, representing some 96 percent of revenue generated at the bridge. The Thruway still hopes to come out ahead. Richard Meegan of New York City is among those who feel trapped by a never-ending cycle of fees and fines. Kennedy Bridge. He claims to have never received his initial toll bill — a claim repeated by scores of motorists across the region — then got a violation notice with hundreds of dollars in fines.

Meegan sent in the money for his tolls, along with a letter explaining the situation, but still got sent into collections for his outstanding fines.

Such "aggressive" tactics leave those who've fallen through Conduent's cracks with few options. Currently, 34 states and Puerto Rico have some form of cashless tolling. States looking for ways to fix aging transportation infrastructure have found they have too few financing options and little help from the federal government.

Conduent has stepped into the breach, promising a reduction in overhead for transportation departments if they outsource collections and billing to them.