The following Functional Areas are associated with the "Southern California Electronic Toll Systems" element.   Each functional area includes a brief description and a bulleted list of detailed functions.   The common icon provides a link to other systems in the region that include the same functional area.

 

Toll Administration

Management of toll collection for private and commercial vehicles, dynamic pricing, payment reconciliation with financial institutions, and violation notification to enforcement agencies.

• The center shall exchange data with other toll agencies to coordinate toll transactions and pricing.
• The center shall support wide-area alerts from emergency centers by passing on the information to its toll plazas and the Toll Administrator.
• The center shall support toll transactions by commercial fleet operators.
• The center shall process the financial information from toll plazas when electronic toll payments are made and manage an interface to a Financial Institution.

Toll Operator Alert

Receipt/acknowledgement of alert notifications (safety/security broadcasts, child abductions, etc.) from the emergency management centers; the toll administrator controls distribution of the alert to the operators at the toll plazas.

• The center shall receive wide-area alerts and advisories from emergency management centers for emergency situations such as severe weather events, civil emergencies, child abduction (AMBER alert system), military activities, and other situations that pose a threat to life and property.