Kapsch TrafficCom AG Awarded Contract to Upgrade TollCollection Equipment on Maryland Roads

CompaniesTechnology ♦ Published: April 23, 2018; 14:00 ♦ (Vindobona)

The Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) has awarded Kapsch TrafficCom (Kapsch) a contract to replace and maintain all roadside tolling equipment in the mixed-mode, cash, and express toll lanes under MDTA management. The contract commenced in February 2018 and includes the replacement of all toll equipment, expected to be converted to the Kapsch system by 2020, and six years of subsequent operations and maintenance as well as the option to extend the contract for additional four years. The project volume of the base contract exceeds EUR 55 million and will be managed locally from the Kapsch office in Rockville, Maryland.

Kapsch TrafficCom AG Awarded Contract to Upgrade TollCollection Equipment on Maryland Roads / Picture: © American and Austrian crossed flags by Vindobona

The new roadside equipment will include RFID toll readers, automated license
plate recognition (ALPR) cameras, and scanners in the mixed-mode lanes. In
addition, Kapsch will install its stereoscopic Vehicle Detection and
Classification sensor (nVDC) in the all-electronic toll (AET) lanes. The nVDC is
a 3D video-based sensor that can track and classify vehicles…

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