# Smart Tag

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American toll collection system

This article is about the toll collection system in Virginia, United States. For the toll collection system in Malaysia, see [SmartTAG](/source/SmartTAG). For other uses, see [Smart tag (disambiguation)](/source/Smart_tag_(disambiguation)).

**Smart Tag** is the former name of a [transponder](/source/Transponder)-based [electronic toll collection](/source/Electronic_toll_collection) system implemented by the [Virginia Department of Transportation](/source/Virginia_Department_of_Transportation) (VDOT). It was launched as **Fastoll** on April 15, 1996. Fastoll was rebranded as **Smart Tag** in 1998,[1] 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](/source/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,[2] although [Richmond Metropolitan Authority](/source/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;[3] E-ZPass integration had been delayed due to damages from [Tropical Storm Gaston](/source/Tropical_Storm_Gaston_(2004)). 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](/source/Dulles_Toll_Road) from [Falls Church](/source/Falls_Church%2C_Virginia) to [Dulles International Airport](/source/Dulles_International_Airport) ([DC](/source/Washington%2C_DC) [suburbs](/source/Suburbs)).

- [Dulles Greenway](/source/Dulles_Greenway), a privately owned highway from [Dulles](/source/Dulles_International_Airport) to [Leesburg](/source/Leesburg%2C_Virginia).

- [Downtown Expressway](/source/Downtown_Expressway) in [Richmond](/source/Richmond%2C_Virginia).

- [Powhite Parkway](/source/Powhite_Parkway) and Powhite Parkway Extension in [Richmond](/source/Richmond%2C_Virginia) and [Chesterfield County](/source/Chesterfield_County%2C_Virginia).

- [Boulevard Bridge](/source/Boulevard_Bridge) (the "Nickel Bridge", though it costs 45 cents now) in [Richmond](/source/Richmond%2C_Virginia)

- [Pocahontas Parkway](/source/Pocahontas_Parkway) in Chesterfield and [Henrico County](/source/Henrico_County%2C_Virginia).

- [Chesapeake Expressway](/source/Chesapeake_Expressway) in [Chesapeake](/source/Chesapeake%2C_Virginia).

- [George P. Coleman Bridge](/source/George_P._Coleman_Bridge), across the [York River](/source/York_River_(Virginia)) near [Newport News](/source/Newport_News%2C_Virginia) ([U.S. Highway 17](/source/U.S._Highway_17)).

- [Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel](/source/Chesapeake_Bay_Bridge-Tunnel)

- Any road or crossing in the [E-ZPass](/source/E-ZPass) network.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Lyons, David (2002). *Surveillance as Social Sorting: Privacy, Risk and Digital Discrimination*. Routledge. p. 162. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-415-27872-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-415-27872-4). [\[1\]](https://books.google.com/books?id=hNIdiUWPSmQC&dq=fastoll+%22smart+tag%22&pg=PA162)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["SMART TAG AND E-ZPASS MERGE OCT. 27"](https://web.archive.org/web/20090116073001/http://www.virginiadot.org/news/hampton_roads/2004/smart_tag_and_e-zpass15274.asp). Virginia Department of Transportation. 2004-10-22. Archived from [the original](http://www.virginiadot.org/news/hampton_roads/2004/smart_tag_and_e-zpass15274.asp) on January 16, 2009. Retrieved 2008-12-27.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Richmond Metropolitan Authority, August 3, 2005](https://web.archive.org/web/20050818110013/http://rmaonline.org/) (accessed through the [Internet Archives](/source/Internet_Archives))

## External links

- [E-ZPass Virginia](http://www.ezpassva.com/)

- [Smart Travel Virginia](https://web.archive.org/web/20070220084326/http://www.virginiadot.org/travel/smart-default.asp)

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