Maryland Transportation Authority Agency Response Form
Lastly, the MDTA is also leveraging the national electronic toll interoperability network to increase the collection of toll revenue from out-of-state motorists using MDTA toll facilities. As part of this effort, MDTA is in the process of joining the Northern Hub (estimated to occur in the fourth quarter of calendar 2026), which will establish interoperability with the Central U.S. Interoperability Partnership (CUSIOP) Hub. This expansion will enable MDTA to electronically process toll transactions for motorists using interoperable transponders issued in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Colorado by charging customers' prepaid electronic toll accounts at the time of travel. Given that Texas and Florida are high volume outstanding debt states, many transactions that would otherwise become post-trip video tolls, requiring billing and collection efforts, will instead be collected electronically at the point of tolling. The CUSIOP Hub connection, which is being coordinated by the E-ZPass Interagency Group (IAG), will allow MDTA to immediately focus near-term on these states by end of calendar year 2026. MDTA is actively developing a Request for Proposals (RFP) to initiate out-of-state collections services for the first time. MDTA began this effort by hosting Request for Information meetings with nine firms that operate within the toll collections services market. These discussions were used to better inform the development of the RFP structure, scope, and performance expectations typical in the tolling industry. In parallel, staff gathered information from other state transportation and tolling agencies regarding lessons learned and industry best practices. To date, RFP specifications have been developed to facilitate high industry response. The MDTA acknowledges the important role that the Department of Budget and Management’s (DBM) Central Collection Unit (CCU) has in collecting unpaid debt from Maryland residents. Arguably, the most significant tool that CCU has is its State Tax Refund Intercept Program. The program enables CCU to seize a Maryland resident’s expected tax refund to pay off past-due debt to the State of Maryland (including toll debt). While this program has aided the MDTA in collecting Estimated Completion Date: 3Q 2027 Estimated Completion Date: N/A approximately $119.3 million in outstanding tolls and penalties from Maryland residents since FY 2023, a similar program does not exist for nonresident motorists. Consequently, it has been the MDTA’s
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