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HIGHWAY TOLL ADMINISTRATION, LLC ANNOUNCES 1 MILLION AUTO RENTAL
TOLLS, AVAILABILITY OF ‘QUICKSTART PROGRAM’
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GREAT NECK, N.Y. (JULY 5, 2006) - Highway Toll Administration,
LLC (“HTA”), the pioneer in the seamless integration of electronic toll payment
services within the auto rental industry is pleased to announce the achievement
of one million tolls paid by rental agency customers using the proprietary HTA system.
Studies have demonstrated that electronic toll collection contributes to significant
reductions in vehicle emissions and fuel consumption, and play a small role in reversing
global warming. In addition, HTA today released Version 2.0 of its proprietary patent-pending
technology platform which includes the availability of its new “QuickStart Program”,
an innovation which addresses rental agencies desire to quickly implement an electronic
toll collection solution for their customers.
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HTA announced in March 2006 that Cendant Car Rental Group’s Avis and Budget brands
would equip their fleets this summer with HTA’s toll collection devices in the E-ZPass
region which extends from Virginia to Maine and includes Illinois toll roads, and
in the SunPass region in Florida. HTA attaches transponders to the vehicle, an approach
which has proven to be safest and easiest for the consumer to use, and automatically
charges the rental customer for actual tolls incurred plus a small daily fee for
the service. The program has achieved extremely high levels of customer satisfaction,
popularity, and brand loyalty.
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“We’ve worked aggressively to expand our leadership position in this arena and most
of the major rental brands have already expressed an interest in the HTA solution”,
said David Centner, president of HTA. “We are most proud, however, of logging our
millionth electronic toll. Electronic toll collection for auto rental consumers
is our contribution to driver safety, driver choices and service enhancement, while
significantly decreasing the amount of toll violations received by the rental agency.
We won’t stop until we realize our vision of equipping all rental vehicles with
transponders in those areas where available.” In anticipation of implementing the
Cendant agreement and making HTA’s platform available to the broader market, the
following enhancements were introduced to HTA’s technology platform:
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- Expanded capability to provide toll violation processing and collection services
to the auto rental industry
- Further automation for tracking, billing, and reconciling transponder usage by rental
agency customers
- Improved logic to HTA’s “Customer Record Assignation” module and “Automated Billing
Systems”
- Greater integration with the “Unpaid Toll Processing Engine” and other primary components
of the platform
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HTA’s QuickStart Program is a set of automated systems and procedures which reduce
the time to equip rental vehicles with transponders to as little as 2 weeks.
About Highway Toll Administration
Highway Toll Administration, LLC (HTA) provides electronic toll collection services,
primarily to rental car agencies. HTA, with its proprietary patent-pending systems
and procedures, is an industry pioneer and the only company currently providing
electronic toll payment services for rental vehicles in the United States, Canada,
and Puerto Rico. Founded in October 2002, HTA has been developing and refining its
technology to the point where today it is poised for widespread adoption. For more
information about HTA, visit www.htallc.com
or call Randi Luckman, 516-684-9584.
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