TxDOT Austin District Payment Administration Center
Status: Existing
Description
Provides general payment administration capabilities for TxDOT Austin District and supports the electronic transfer of funds from the customer to the transportation system operator or other service provider. Charges can be recorded for tolls, vehicle–mileage charging, congestion charging, or other goods and services. It supports traveler enrollment and collection of both pre–payment and post–payment transportation fees in coordination with the financial infrastructure supporting electronic payment transactions.
Stakeholders
Physical Objects
Functional Objects
| Functional Object | Description | User Defined |
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| PAC Data Collection | 'PAC Data Collection' collects and stores toll, road use, parking, and other payment information that is collected in the course of operations performed by the Payment Administration Center. This data can be used directly by operations personnel or it can be made available to other data users and archives in the region. | False |
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| PAC Payment Administration | 'PAC Payment Administration' provides administration and management of payments associated with electronic toll collection, parking payments, and other e–payments. It provides the back office functions that support enrollment, pricing, reduced fare eligibility, payment reconciliation with financial institutions, and violation notification to enforcement agencies. It also supports dynamic pricing to support demand management, allow/block–list management and token validation. | False |
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| PAC Road Pricing Administration | 'PAC Road Pricing Administration' enables payment for road use based on VMT, vehicle type, vehicle emissions, or other parameters. It establishes a price schedule based on these parameters that may vary by time, location or zone, vehicle type, and/or vehicle behavior. Pricing strategies may also include incentives that allow reimbursement of fees previously paid for good behavior (e.g., VMT reductions, economical driving behavior, avoidance of peak periods or congested zones). It receives vehicle data (e.g., time stamped roadways used by the vehicle since the last transmission) and computes the total cost to the vehicle owner for payment. Based on owner preference, this cost is either billed to the owner or requested from an in–vehicle payment instrument. Payment for use of roadways not operated by the specific instance of the VMT Payment Administration that the vehicle is registered with, will be reconciled. Payment violations can be reported to Enforcement Agencies when appropriate. Finally, vehicle owners can interact with this object using personal devices or public terminals to setup and edit account preferences for owned vehicles, get account reports, and make payments. | False |
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Physical Standards
| Document Number | Title | Description |
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| NEMA TS 8 | Cyber and Physical Security for Intelligent Transportation Systems | This specification describes how agencies and other transportation infrastructure owner/operators should implement cyber– and physical–security for ITS. |
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Interfaces To
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