Roadway Pricing
The Roadway Pricing Office works to advance priced managed lane, congestion pricing, toll road, and toll bridge projects to improve management of the State Highway System, maximize person throughput, and increase travel choices for all Californians. Pricing the State Highway System is critical to achieving California’s ambitious vehicle miles traveled and greenhouse gas reduction targets. The Caltrans Roadway Pricing Office works with other state departments, regional and local agencies, and tolling authorities to streamline the planning and delivery of roadway pricing projects and increase the benefits those projects provide to the traveling public.
Tolling Technology Payment Acceptance Market Sounding
Caltrans, in partnership with LA Metro, are working together to deploy new seamless payment technologies across highway and transit services for Los Angeles County residents. An element of the project is a joint Tolling Technology Payment Acceptance Market Sounding. Through this initiative, we seek insights from a wide range of industry participants including established tolling operators, payment providers, mobility platforms, automotive and in-car technology firms, and global innovators. As roadway pricing expands across California, there is an increasing need for innovative, user-friendly, and inclusive tolling systems. This Market Sounding focuses on identifying next-generation solutions for payment acceptance, account management, and customer service, leveraging advancements in digital payments, mobility platforms, and tolling technologies.
Through this process, Caltrans and LA Metro aim to:
- Improve accessibility by making it easier for drivers to pay tolls
- Increase system efficiency and flexibility for toll operators
- Enable integration with transit and other mobility services to support multimodal travel
We welcome participation from a broad range of organizations, including toll operators, payment providers, mobility platforms, automotive and in-vehicle technology firms, and other innovators.
A virtual Market Sounding webinar and Q&A session will be held on April 29 at 9:00 AM PST. You are not required to participate in the webinar to submit a response. Responses are due May 29th, at 5pm.
Please click here for the webinar link.
The Caltrans Roadway Pricing Office is currently developing a Roadway Pricing Strategic Plan which will serve as a roadmap for the office’s work moving forward. The plan will summarize the existing funding and policy framework for roadway pricing, detail short-term actions to advance roadway pricing projects currently in development and outline long-term recommendations to ensure a robust and connected statewide roadway pricing project. For more information on the Roadway Pricing Strategic Plan, please contact the Roadway Pricing Office.
Caltrans Deputy Directive on Managed Lanes (Coming Soon!)