Flypass Tolls
The Colombian government needed to ensure the interoperability of toll collection systems, specifically the standardization of RFID tag devices. This was a significant challenge, as each concessionaire previously used different tags, and they needed to unify them. To pass through any toll plaza automatically in the country, six to eight tags were required. With interoperability, these tags will be replaced with a single, standardized system.
In everyday language, the tag is the car's wallet, as it's projected that in the future, vehicles equipped with it will be able to pass through any tollbooth in the country, pay for parking, gasoline, insurance, and other services. RFID toll tags would be implemented by linking them to the car's license plate and a balance, thus becoming a digital wallet. The main players in this system are banking institutions.
The most notable success story is Flypass Bancolombia. The tag integrates with a savings account, credit card, or checking account, or it can be loaded with funds. At some toll plazas, parking lots, and service centers in Bogotá, Medellín, and the surrounding areas, it's already possible to pay with Flypass. It's easier to have $100,000 or $200,000 loaded onto the tag than to pay in cash. Furthermore, it has benefited companies with vehicle fleets, which can contract the service and manage their vehicles digitally, with invoicing and all the additional services. Flypass is currently available at nine locations in Medellín, and its largest presence in the country is at the Devinorte toll plazas, part of the northern Bogotá road development project.