The most revolutionary application of electronic tolling is in the context of congested urban areas, since this technology allows the collection of tolls without vehicles having to stop or slow down, thus avoiding the delays associated with traditional collection through toll booths. This application has made possible the concession of urban highways to the private sector for construction and operation, as well as the introduction or improvement of urban toll collection as a tool to reduce car trips within congested city centers through the application of the economic concept of congestion pricing. The first global implementations of electronic urban tolling took place in the three main cities of Norway, Bergen (1986), Oslo (1990), and Trondheim (1991), Urban Tolling in Norway in English implemented with the aim of feeding a public fund to finance new road projects in the urban area.

Between 2004 and 2005, in Santiago de Chile, the first systems in the world for electronic toll collection were implemented that cross the city's commercial center and as part of a system of concessioned urban highways (the Autopista Central, and the Autopista Costanera Norte "Autopista Costanera Norte (Santiago de Chile)"), with technology that allows for automatic control of all entries to the highway and charging for the distance traveled. Similar solutions had already been implemented in other cities, only in those cases electronic tolling was used on peripheral rings or highways to avoid passing through the city center. Toll collection by 100% electronic means has been used in Toronto, Canada since 1997 (Route 407 ETR"), on several roads in Norway (AutoPASS), in Melbourne, Australia since 2000 (CityLink")), and in Tel Aviv, Israel also in 2000 (Route 6). Meanwhile, the MOP together with Sebastián Piñera want to implement the TAG in the 8th region included between the cities of San-Pedro and Coronel, thus creating a concession for the already saturated Route 160 in the face of the rejection of hundreds of residents of both cities, along with the help of the mayors of the entire coal basin. The application of electronic tolling as a policy to regulate congestion is used on roads that provide access to the central area of ​​the city using transmitters in cars, complemented with video cameras and digital character recognition technology (to fine violators). The application of congestion pricing has already been successfully implemented in several cities: Singapore in 1998, which made it possible to automate the first congestion pricing system implemented in the world in 1975, and whose access control was carried out manually (see Singapore congestion pricing); London in 2003 and expanded in 2007 (see London City Toll); and Stockholm in 2006 as a seven-month trial, and permanently from August 2007 (see Stockholm congestion tax).

The electronic toll system requires the installation of the transponder, TAG or televía, which is mounted on the windshield of the car and receives and sends information when passing under the gantry. The device is no bigger than a wallet and is extremely light. The standard used varies from country to country, for example in Chile there is a single TAG device for tolls on several highways, unlike others like Australia, where cars must carry two or even three TAGs for the different highways.

The procedure for collecting tolls on highways is carried out by installing collection gantries on the expressway, elevated frames above the highway with an electronic reader reader for each lane, also equipped with photographic cameras for the recognition of license plates and video cameras for detecting vehicles. At the moment the car approaches the gantry, the license plate "License plate (automobiles)"), patent or plate is photographed, the device is activated and detected by the gantry and the charge is generated in milliseconds. At the time of payment, the transponder generates a characteristic beep to indicate it. The number of beeps indicates the result of the transaction:.

The electronic collection is normally accompanied by a system of video cameras that record the license plate numbers of the vehicles that entered without the transmitter, and through a digital character recognition system, the offenders are identified and the respective fines issued, the entire process automatically. This support system and the effective collection of fines are fundamental to the success of this technology. To reduce the number of violations, in general all systems have the possibility of paying for isolated use without having the transponder. This is achieved by prior registration of the interested party via the Internet, or registration through a call or text message sent by the cell phone prior to entering the road. Subsequently, the toll collection is included in the telephone bill or debited from the pre-registered credit card.

South America

This system is used mainly on urban highways in the city of Buenos Aires and its accesses:

The unified electronic toll system is also implemented in:

Electronic toll collection is enabled on all roads in the national territory, under the name COLPASS.

COLPASS: It is the trademark registered by the Ministry of Transportation of Colombia "Ministry of Transportation (Colombia)") that identifies the toll interoperability system with electronic vehicle collection.[1]​.

This system is made up of two actors authorized by the ministry:

Electronic collection, in the Peruvian case, will depend on the concessionaire to which it is submitted, because each one operates with different technologies.[2]​For this reason and at the moment, three concessionaires implement it:.

It uses the technology provided by Telectrónica (SIRIT). All booths operated by Corporación Vial del Uruguay S.A. have Electronic Toll:[3]​.

Central America and the Caribbean

In Costa Rica there is currently an electronic toll system called Quick Pass, which could originally be used at the toll stations on the San José-Caldera highway (Route 27); as part of the works to open said highway in the period 2009-2010.

As of December 2012, the electronic toll system is available at two toll stations managed by the Ministry of Public Works and Transportation (MOPT), with systems installed on the Florencio del Castillo highway (Route 2) between San José and Cartago and the highway over the Braulio Carrillo national park (Route 32 "Ruta 32 (Costa Rica)") between San José and Guápiles.[4]​.

To date, the device can be purchased in most banks in the country.

Europe

Directive 2004/52/EC of the European Parliament and of the European Council, of 29 April 2004, on the interoperability of electronic toll systems on the roads of the Union, specifically regulates the Council's decision to create a European electronic toll service, based on technological harmonization and the interoperability of the systems installed on the roads and motorways of the Member States.

The implementation of interoperable electronic toll systems on Spanish toll roads will be based on technologies compliant with open and public standards, available to all manufacturers and suppliers on a non-discriminatory basis.

All electronic toll systems that come into service on state highways from January 1, 2007 must be based on the use of at least one of the three following technologies:

The most revolutionary application of electronic tolling is in the context of congested urban areas, since this technology allows the collection of tolls without vehicles having to stop or slow down, thus avoiding the delays associated with traditional collection through toll booths. This application has made possible the concession of urban highways to the private sector for construction and operation, as well as the introduction or improvement of urban toll collection as a tool to reduce car trips within congested city centers through the application of the economic concept of congestion pricing. The first global implementations of electronic urban tolling took place in the three main cities of Norway, Bergen (1986), Oslo (1990), and Trondheim (1991), Urban Tolling in Norway in English implemented with the aim of feeding a public fund to finance new road projects in the urban area.

Between 2004 and 2005, in Santiago de Chile, the first systems in the world for electronic toll collection were implemented that cross the city's commercial center and as part of a system of concessioned urban highways (the Autopista Central, and the Autopista Costanera Norte "Autopista Costanera Norte (Santiago de Chile)"), with technology that allows for automatic control of all entries to the highway and charging for the distance traveled. Similar solutions had already been implemented in other cities, only in those cases electronic tolling was used on peripheral rings or highways to avoid passing through the city center. Toll collection by 100% electronic means has been used in Toronto, Canada since 1997 (Route 407 ETR"), on several roads in Norway (AutoPASS), in Melbourne, Australia since 2000 (CityLink")), and in Tel Aviv, Israel also in 2000 (Route 6). Meanwhile, the MOP together with Sebastián Piñera want to implement the TAG in the 8th region included between the cities of San-Pedro and Coronel, thus creating a concession for the already saturated Route 160 in the face of the rejection of hundreds of residents of both cities, along with the help of the mayors of the entire coal basin. The application of electronic tolling as a policy to regulate congestion is used on roads that provide access to the central area of ​​the city using transmitters in cars, complemented with video cameras and digital character recognition technology (to fine violators). The application of congestion pricing has already been successfully implemented in several cities: Singapore in 1998, which made it possible to automate the first congestion pricing system implemented in the world in 1975, and whose access control was carried out manually (see Singapore congestion pricing); London in 2003 and expanded in 2007 (see London City Toll); and Stockholm in 2006 as a seven-month trial, and permanently from August 2007 (see Stockholm congestion tax).

The electronic toll system requires the installation of the transponder, TAG or televía, which is mounted on the windshield of the car and receives and sends information when passing under the gantry. The device is no bigger than a wallet and is extremely light. The standard used varies from country to country, for example in Chile there is a single TAG device for tolls on several highways, unlike others like Australia, where cars must carry two or even three TAGs for the different highways.

The procedure for collecting tolls on highways is carried out by installing collection gantries on the expressway, elevated frames above the highway with an electronic reader reader for each lane, also equipped with photographic cameras for the recognition of license plates and video cameras for detecting vehicles. At the moment the car approaches the gantry, the license plate "License plate (automobiles)"), patent or plate is photographed, the device is activated and detected by the gantry and the charge is generated in milliseconds. At the time of payment, the transponder generates a characteristic beep to indicate it. The number of beeps indicates the result of the transaction:.

The electronic collection is normally accompanied by a system of video cameras that record the license plate numbers of the vehicles that entered without the transmitter, and through a digital character recognition system, the offenders are identified and the respective fines issued, the entire process automatically. This support system and the effective collection of fines are fundamental to the success of this technology. To reduce the number of violations, in general all systems have the possibility of paying for isolated use without having the transponder. This is achieved by prior registration of the interested party via the Internet, or registration through a call or text message sent by the cell phone prior to entering the road. Subsequently, the toll collection is included in the telephone bill or debited from the pre-registered credit card.

South America

This system is used mainly on urban highways in the city of Buenos Aires and its accesses:

The unified electronic toll system is also implemented in:

Electronic toll collection is enabled on all roads in the national territory, under the name COLPASS.

COLPASS: It is the trademark registered by the Ministry of Transportation of Colombia "Ministry of Transportation (Colombia)") that identifies the toll interoperability system with electronic vehicle collection.[1]​.

This system is made up of two actors authorized by the ministry:

Electronic collection, in the Peruvian case, will depend on the concessionaire to which it is submitted, because each one operates with different technologies.[2]​For this reason and at the moment, three concessionaires implement it:.

It uses the technology provided by Telectrónica (SIRIT). All booths operated by Corporación Vial del Uruguay S.A. have Electronic Toll:[3]​.

Central America and the Caribbean

In Costa Rica there is currently an electronic toll system called Quick Pass, which could originally be used at the toll stations on the San José-Caldera highway (Route 27); as part of the works to open said highway in the period 2009-2010.

As of December 2012, the electronic toll system is available at two toll stations managed by the Ministry of Public Works and Transportation (MOPT), with systems installed on the Florencio del Castillo highway (Route 2) between San José and Cartago and the highway over the Braulio Carrillo national park (Route 32 "Ruta 32 (Costa Rica)") between San José and Guápiles.[4]​.

To date, the device can be purchased in most banks in the country.

Europe

Directive 2004/52/EC of the European Parliament and of the European Council, of 29 April 2004, on the interoperability of electronic toll systems on the roads of the Union, specifically regulates the Council's decision to create a European electronic toll service, based on technological harmonization and the interoperability of the systems installed on the roads and motorways of the Member States.

The implementation of interoperable electronic toll systems on Spanish toll roads will be based on technologies compliant with open and public standards, available to all manufacturers and suppliers on a non-discriminatory basis.

All electronic toll systems that come into service on state highways from January 1, 2007 must be based on the use of at least one of the three following technologies: