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ELECTRONIC PAYMENT SERVICES (EPS) COMMITTEE

Interoperable Vehicle to road-side communications have a hardware component, but also an application component – the data that is transmitted vehicle to network, network to vehicle or both. Absolutely critical to the full interoperability of the connected vehicle – and the benefits that come with it – is application interoperability. Because OmniAir has a significant membership who champion payment systems interoperability, it created the EPS Committee to build the tools to achieve it.
OmniAir EPS Committee Responsibilities:

  • Liaison to OmniAir Board
  • Represent OmniAir to the broader Connected Vehicle Community interested in payments
  • Develop and offer the Electronic Payment Services National Interoperability Specification to advance EPS interoperability and the benefits this open standard will provide
  • Ensure technical evolution of the EPSNIS over time and ensure compliance to it by users.
  • Provide an authoritative voice on issues related to national payment service standards and interoperability for the connected vehicle.

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Executive Chair: Glenn Deitiker, CTO, Telvent Caseta
Associate Chair, Public: James Mwape, Business Development Manager, E-ZPass IAG
Associate Chair, Private; Open

Achieving EPS Interoperability: the OmniAir EPSNIS

The Electronic Payment Services National Interoperability Specification (EPSNIS) is the EPS Committee’s primary project. The EPSNIS is an open transaction processing standard intended to ‘open’ the back-office aspect of electronic toll collection (ETC). The EPSNIS offers operators choice, flexibility and competition in the provision of transaction processing and other services. It does not replace or supplant an operator’s existing CSC. If local operators want, the EPSNIS could enable non-toll facilities to issue tags and/or manage accounts – offloading a costly aspect of ETC to an industry that enjoys exceptional economies of scale. The EPSNIS provides choice, innovation, competition, and savings via an optional specification made by and for the operators of electronic payment services.

The EPSNIS project started in 2008 through a partnership of I-95 Corridor Coalition, Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, New York State Bridge Authority, Telvent-Caseta, MARK-IV IVHS and other OmniAir members. Since then, the Committee has been writing the specification and planning a test at NYSBA’s Newburgh-Beacon Bridge. Click here to get to the EPSNIS Project Page.