Free flow, the road to the future
As a global pioneer in free-flow solutions and the first operator to have developed a fully automated highway in the US, VINCI Concessions confirmed its leadership in this market in 2023. VINCI Highways, which already owned a 30% stake in TollPlus, acquired the remaining 70% in 2022 before launching a new brand for free-flow services. Named ViaPlus, it has combined TollPlus and Cofiroute USA teams, making a total of 600 employees based in the US and India. The company provides transport agencies with a full range of technologies to process high-volume transactions, customer operations and data analytics. ViaPlus manages 19.9 million customer accounts and processed 2.5 billion transactions in 2023 (up by 11% from 2022). The quality of these solutions saw ViaPlus obtain one of the most prestigious honours in the highway industry: a Toll Excellence Award from the International Bridge, Tunnel & Turnpike Association (IBTTA), in recognition of the new payment solutions developed by the company for the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority (CTRMA). What’s more, in Dublin, ViaPlus manages the back office and services for the first interoperable free-flow highway in Europe. Looking beyond these highway applications, the expertise and services developed by ViaPlus could also be applied in VINCI Concessions’ international airport and railway infrastructure network.
Background
Free-flow toll solutions are not only digitising, fluidifying and enhancing the driver experience. They also bolster environmental performance. CO2 emissions can be up to 60% lower on a free-flow stretch of highway compared to one with standard toll barriers, as cars can keep moving without having to stop and start again.
2,5 billiontransactions managed by ViaPlus in 2023