The IBTTA has worked assiduously to
advance the case for national
interoperability, developing national
standards and supporting agencies in
harmonizing their back-office
processes as a precondition to doing
business together. Last year’s
President’s Award recognized North
Carolina Turnpike Authority’s
success in creating an interoperable
continuum from Florida to Maine
with tri-protocol reader technology
and IBTTA’s labors are nearing
fruition as members grow together
into regional hubs which may soon
coalesce into one interoperable
environment stretching from sea to
shining sea.
Since May 2017, the Central United
States Interoperability (CUSIOP) Hub
has enabled drivers to travel the
length of Kansas, Oklahoma and
Texas using a single transponder
from any of seven member agencies.
ETC’s brief was to design, develop,
test and implement a hub system
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compliant with US
national interoperability
(NIOP) standards to facilitate
transaction processing, reporting
and reconciliation between
authorities. They successfully created
the first multi-state hub to meet new
NIOP standards with 100%
compliance expected before 2020. It
has so far processed nearly a billion
transactions and over US$1 billion
in revenue using standardized
transaction and file-transfer
protocols. The CUSIOP system is
soon expected to begin processing
transactions from other hubs and
could provide a foundation for
multimodal mobility through its
capacity to process data from nontolling
transit and ride-share
agencies. Crucially, ETC’s success
will furnish other hubs with a
template for full NIOP compatibility.
“ETC is proud to deliver this nextgeneration
CUSIOP Hub, providing a
tolling experience to over 13.5 million
customers in three states,” says ETC
EVP, Kevin Holbert. Where previous
Private Sector winners may have
excelled in delivering a specific local
project, ETC’s achievement may
prove instrumental in shaping a new
world of interoperable mobility
which spans a continent.
ETC is proud to deliver this nextgeneration
Central Interoperability
Hub… providing a tolling experience to
over 13.5 million customers in three states
Kevin Holbert, executive vice president, ETC
A quiet evening on Oklahoma
Turnpike, whose Authority
is now using ETC’s Central
Interoperability Hub. The
other beneficiaries are
Central Texas Regional
Mobility Authority, Fort Bend
County Toll Road Authority,
Harris County Toll Road
Authority, Kansas Turnpike
Authority, North Texas Toll
Authority and Texas DOT
$1bn The approximate revenue
processed since
May 2017 by the Central
United States
Interoperability Hub
Private Sector
Award
WINNER:
Electronic
Transaction
Consultants
Corporation (ETC)
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