TollTag is the electronic toll collection

Electronic toll collection

Electronic toll collection , an adaptation of military "identification friend or foe" technology, aims to eliminate the delay on toll roads by collecting tolls electronically. It is thus a technological implementation of a road pricing concept...

 system used by the North Texas Tollway Authority

North Texas Tollway Authority

The North Texas Tollway Authority maintains and operates toll roads, bridges and tunnels in the North Texas area. Functioning as a political subdivision of the State of Texas under Chapter 366 of the Transportation Code, the NTTA is empowered to acquire, construct, maintain, repair and operate...

 (NTTA) in the Dallas / Fort Worth metro area. It was North America’s first electronic toll collection system when it was installed on the Dallas North Tollway

Dallas North Tollway

The Dallas North Tollway is a controlled-access toll road operated by the North Texas Tollway Authority , which runs from Interstate 35E near downtown Dallas, Texas , to U.S...

 in 1989. There are currently over 2,000,000 TollTags in operation in the North Texas area. Users enjoy reduced toll rates at all toll booths along with "highway speed" express lanes at all main lane toll plazas.

TollTags can be used on all of the roadways of the NTTA which include the Dallas North Tollway

Dallas North Tollway

The Dallas North Tollway is a controlled-access toll road operated by the North Texas Tollway Authority , which runs from Interstate 35E near downtown Dallas, Texas , to U.S...

, President George Bush Turnpike

President George Bush Turnpike

The President George Bush Turnpike is a 45.1-mile toll road running generally east–west through the northern suburbs of Dallas, Texas, United States. It is named for George H. W. Bush, the 41st President of the United States...

, Addison Airport Toll Tunnel

Addison Airport Toll Tunnel

The Addison Airport Toll Tunnel, also known as the Addison Airport Tunnel and the Addison Toll Tunnel, is part of the North Texas Tollway Authority system and extends Keller Springs Road under the Addison Airport property....

, Mountain Creek Lake Bridge

Mountain Creek Lake Bridge

The Mountain Creek Lake Bridge is a bridge in Dallas County, Texas. The bridge is part of the North Texas Tollway Authority system. It is tolled in both directions and the lanes of the Mountain Creek Lake Bridge toll plaza are equipped for electronic toll collection via TollTag.The bridge...

, and the 121 Tollway. TollTags can also be used on any other toll road in the state of Texas as well as for some parking lots in downtown Dallas, for parking / toll payment at the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), and at Dallas Love Field Airport (DAL). There are plans (through the TxTag

TxTAG

TxTag , operated by the Texas Department of Transportation , is one of three interoperable electronic toll collection systems in Texas.-Current system status:The TxTag brand name is used on the following highways:* Operated by TxDOT:...

 program) to make all toll transponders across that state interoperable with parking systems at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Dallas Love Field, Houston's Hobby Airport and George Bush Intercontinental Airport

George Bush Intercontinental Airport

George Bush Intercontinental Airport, is a Class B international airport in Houston, Texas, serving the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area, the sixth-largest metropolitan area in the United States. Located north of Downtown Houston between Interstate 45 and U.S. Highway 59...

, and Austin's Bergstrom International Airport.

Current TollTags are small stickers, similar to those used for state inspections and auto registrations, but cannot be moved between vehicles. The previous TollTag was a hard case tag which was affixed to the windshield using velcro

Velcro

Velcro is the brand name of the first commercially marketed fabric hook-and-loop fastener, invented in 1948 by the Swiss electrical engineer George de Mestral...

tags; these tags are still valid and can be moved between vehicles, but they are not true portable devices – they must be assigned to one vehicle only and, if moved to a different vehicle, require re-registration on the TollTag account.