{{Short description|American toll collection system}} {{about|the toll collection system in Virginia, United States|the toll collection system in Malaysia|SmartTAG|other uses|Smart tag (disambiguation)}}
right'''Smart Tag''' is the former name of a transponder-based electronic toll collection system implemented by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT). It was launched as '''Fastoll''' on April 15, 1996. Fastoll was rebranded as '''Smart Tag''' in 1998,<ref>{{cite book | last = Lyons | first = David | title = Surveillance as Social Sorting: Privacy, Risk and Digital Discrimination | publisher = Routledge | year = 2002 | isbn = 0-415-27872-4 | page =162 }} [https://books.google.com/books?id=hNIdiUWPSmQC&dq=fastoll+%22smart+tag%22&pg=PA162]</ref> and was placed under the umbrella of '''Smart Travel.''' In November 2007, the Smart Tag brand name was retired in favor of E-ZPass Virginia, several years after the Smart Tag system became a part of the E-ZPass network.
Originally, Smart Tag only operated at certain toll roads and crossings in Virginia. The system became interoperable with the E-ZPass toll collection system on October 27, 2004,<ref>{{cite web|title=SMART TAG AND E-ZPASS MERGE OCT. 27 |url=http://www.virginiadot.org/news/hampton_roads/2004/smart_tag_and_e-zpass15274.asp |date=2004-10-22 |publisher=Virginia Department of Transportation |access-date=2008-12-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116073001/http://www.virginiadot.org/news/hampton_roads/2004/smart_tag_and_e-zpass15274.asp |archive-date=January 16, 2009 }}</ref> although Richmond Metropolitan Authority owned toll roads—Boulevard Bridge, the Downtown Expressway, and the Powhite Parkway (excluding the extension)—did not begin accepting E-ZPass until August 3, 2005;<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20050818110013/http://rmaonline.org/ Richmond Metropolitan Authority, August 3, 2005] (accessed through the Internet Archives)</ref> E-ZPass integration had been delayed due to damages from Tropical Storm Gaston. Smart Tag branded transponders operate throughout the E-ZPass network, and E-ZPass branded transponders operate at all E-ZPass Virginia (formerly Smart Tag) toll collection points.
Roads and crossings that accept Smart Tag/E-ZPass Virginia/E-ZPass:
*Dulles Toll Road from Falls Church to Dulles International Airport (DC suburbs). *Dulles Greenway, a privately owned highway from Dulles to Leesburg. *Downtown Expressway in Richmond. *Powhite Parkway and Powhite Parkway Extension in Richmond and Chesterfield County. *Boulevard Bridge (the "Nickel Bridge", though it costs 45 cents now) in Richmond *Pocahontas Parkway in Chesterfield and Henrico County. *Chesapeake Expressway in Chesapeake. *George P. Coleman Bridge, across the York River near Newport News (U.S. Highway 17). *Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel *Any road or crossing in the E-ZPass network.
==References== <references/>
==External links== *[http://www.ezpassva.com/ E-ZPass Virginia] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070220084326/http://www.virginiadot.org/travel/smart-default.asp Smart Travel Virginia]
Category:Smart devices Category:Electronic toll collection Category:Transportation in Virginia