TollTag is the electronic toll collection system used by the North Texas Tollway Authority (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 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, President George Bush Turnpike, Addison Airport Toll Tunnel, Mountain Creek Lake 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 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, 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 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.
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