NJ.com reports, a pilot that originated in Massachusetts to enable drivers to pay for fuel and parking via their E-ZPass transponders will soon expand to all 19 states that comprise the E-ZPass Group. The service, called Driven by E-ZPass, “reduces the opportunity for fraud from card skimmers or other devices and cuts the transaction time at gas stations in half,” according to PayByCar, Inc., the mobile payments innovator. A final list of participating gas stations and parking facilities will be released in the coming months, but the company already is in discussions with over 100 gas stations in New Jersey. Discussions with multi-state parking operators also are ongoing, and pilots are underway in Albany, NY, Baltimore, and Atlanta.
The article and a PayByCar-E-ZPass Group joint news release explain how the opt-in service works by sending a text message to an E-ZPass account holder’s phone when the transponder is recognized at a participating gas station or parking facility. Transactions are charged independently to the payment card on file with the transponder account.