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Totally secondary, but we could solve this by not giving the revenue rights for pubic good (parking meters, expressways, etc) to private companies which then ha

Totally secondary, but we could solve this by not giving the revenue rights for pubic good (parking meters, expressways, etc) to private companies which then have random toll websites. Just saying.

Scoundreller 3y ago
Iunno, the EZ-Pass website looks designed a few decades ago.
- fwip 3y ago
  Tables-for-layout the whole way down! (https://www.e-zpassny.com/en/home/index.shtml https://www.e-zpassny.com/en/home/index.shtml)
  - brewdad 3y ago
    That’s called accessibility and backwards compatibility.
    - fwip 3y ago
      Honestly, yeah, it's kind of refreshing.
uxjw 3y ago
Don't they already scam people by duplicating government websites?
renewiltord 3y ago
Interesting. I see what you mean. Limiting it to .gov domains would make this hard to do but that cat is out of the bag and, in practice, we're better served with an open bidding process. However, I did find it painful just now to find who etimspayments.com is since they're using domain privacy even though they are the SF provider https://wmq.etimspayments.com/pbw/include/sanfrancisco/input.jsp https://wmq.etimspayments.com/pbw/include/sanfrancisco/input... I was just talking to a friend and he put in a CPRA request to find out which LLC provides that service so we'll know soon enough.
- runsfromfire 3y ago
  Would having an open bidding process preclude the use of .gov TLD? Why couldn’t the highest bidder handle the payment and processing at e.g. tolls.gov?
  - renewiltord 3y ago
    I imagine the process of getting a .gov TLD and transferring it is currently arduous - perhaps because that .gov is a heavy hitter TLD. If so, local governments may lack the resources to put into place improvements for their constituents if blocked on that TLD. But if it is the case that the process for that is simple then what you say is reasonable.
- renewiltord 3y ago
  He got back to me. It's Conduent State and Local Solutions.
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Totally secondary, but we could solve this by not giving the revenue rights for pubic good (parking meters, expressways, etc) to private companies which then have random toll websites. Just saying.

Scoundreller 3y ago

Iunno, the EZ-Pass website looks designed a few decades ago.

fwip 3y ago
Tables-for-layout the whole way down! (https://www.e-zpassny.com/en/home/index.shtml https://www.e-zpassny.com/en/home/index.shtml)
- brewdad 3y ago
  That’s called accessibility and backwards compatibility.
  - fwip 3y ago
    Honestly, yeah, it's kind of refreshing.

uxjw 3y ago

Don't they already scam people by duplicating government websites?

renewiltord 3y ago

Interesting. I see what you mean. Limiting it to .gov domains would make this hard to do but that cat is out of the bag and, in practice, we're better served with an open bidding process. However, I did find it painful just now to find who etimspayments.com is since they're using domain privacy even though they are the SF provider https://wmq.etimspayments.com/pbw/include/sanfrancisco/input.jsp https://wmq.etimspayments.com/pbw/include/sanfrancisco/input... I was just talking to a friend and he put in a CPRA request to find out which LLC provides that service so we'll know soon enough.

runsfromfire 3y ago
Would having an open bidding process preclude the use of .gov TLD? Why couldn’t the highest bidder handle the payment and processing at e.g. tolls.gov?
- renewiltord 3y ago
  I imagine the process of getting a .gov TLD and transferring it is currently arduous - perhaps because that .gov is a heavy hitter TLD. If so, local governments may lack the resources to put into place improvements for their constituents if blocked on that TLD. But if it is the case that the process for that is simple then what you say is reasonable.
renewiltord 3y ago
He got back to me. It's Conduent State and Local Solutions.

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