TransCore builds the sensing, communications and transaction infrastructure behind modern road networks. Its technical work spans radio communications, radio frequency identification (RFID), vehicle-to-vehicle programs, traffic management and access control systems, together with the electronic tolling platforms that process vehicle transactions across roads, bridges, tunnels and highways. The company also runs tolling customer service and revenue transaction centres on behalf of its clients, and has developed what it describes as the nation's largest express lanes.
The firm supplies transportation departments and agencies worldwide, with a presence in the United States and a global remit. Its engineering lineage is unusually long: founded in 1939, it provided radio communications for one of Pennsylvania's first toll roads and has been in operation for more than 80 years. TransCore is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ST Engineering, the Singapore-headquartered global technology, defence and engineering group.
Work at TransCore sits at the intersection of hardware, communications and large-scale transaction systems. Product areas include electronic tolling systems, intelligent transportation systems aimed at safer and more reliable travel, RFID technology applied to tolling and access control, and the management of vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) programmes - an area concerned with direct exchange of information between vehicles.
