March 28, 2019

Bestpass, a company that provides streamlined nationwide toll management service to commercial fleets, today announced that it is expanding its coverage to South Carolina through a partnership with the Southern Connector Toll Road while simultaneously launching a powerful tolling data visualization tool.

Southern Connector

Bestpass, which already covers nearly every tolled facility in the United States, is expanding its coverage to include the Southern Connector Toll Road (I-185), a 16-mile highway that allows traffic to move more quickly and efficiently through Greenville County in upstate South Carolina.

“The Southern Connector is one of the most convenient routes in the region, and as a result, we see a significant amount of commercial traffic,” said Pete Femia, president of the Southern Connector. “Partnering with Bestpass makes sound business sense. We know that they will take care of our commercial users, and we can focus our attention on other priorities.”

“We were able to directly integrate with the Southern Connector’s back office, which allows us to move payments and toll data in a streamlined process that significantly benefits both the tolling authority and our thousands of customers that use the highway,” said John Andrews, president and CEO of Bestpass.

Bestpass has been testing coverage on the Southern Connector with several customers and expects to make the coverage available to all users by the end of April 2019. The company is actively engaged with other tolling authorities to expand back office integration and payment processing, ultimately improving commercial toll management for both providers and end-users.

Empower

Bestpass has also launched Empower, a new reporting and analytics platform that transforms vast amounts of tolling data into meaningful charts and graphs to help customers identify tolling activity trends or anomalies and make strategic business decisions.

Empower takes raw tolling data and helps users visualize toll charges over time, violation occurrences, toll usage by authority, and high plate toll vehicles, with the opportunity to drill down on many other detailed data sets.

“No matter the size of your fleet, the sheer volume of toll data that is available can quickly become overwhelming. We’ve always provided great value to our customers by making their toll data more manageable, and Empower is the next level of toll data management,” said Andrews.

Several Bestpass customers are already using Empower, and the company expects to roll the new platform out to all its fleet customers by the end of June 2019.

March 11, 2019

Bestpass recently announced that the company will provide toll management for Remarkable Liquids, an independent distributor of craft beer, cider, mead, and kombucha with operations throughout New York and New Jersey.

By using the Bestpass service, Remarkable Liquids will benefit from volume toll discounts, specialized customer service, and comprehensive tools to track and analyze toll data across the company’s entire fleet.

“Bestpass allows us to focus on what we do best, connecting customers with the finest craft beverages available. Their services have both improved the way we are able to deliver product and helped our bottom line in the process,” said Chad Farrington, vice president of operations at Remarkable Liquids, which has been included in Inc. Magazine’s list of the 5,000 fastest growing U.S. companies for three consecutive years.

“We are in business to simplify toll for our customers,” said John Andrews, president and CEO of Bestpass. “For a rapidly growing company like Remarkable Liquids, we can provide real value by saving them time and money on toll. We’re also thrilled to be able to help out one of our neighbors right here in the Capital Region.”

Bestpass has more than 6,000 customers, ranging from individual owner-operators to mega-fleets with thousands of vehicles.

About 
Remarkable Liquids is a craft beverage distribution company based near Albany, N.Y., that was conceived to offer a distribution option different from all others in the Empire State. Selling only craft beer, cider, mead, and kombucha, Remarkable Liquids is committed to passionately purveying the highest quality beverages in the world.

January 3, 2019

Bestpass, a company that provides single-source payment and streamlined toll management services to commercial fleets, achieved a number of significant milestones in 2018, including surpassing 500,000 active transponders deployed on U.S. toll roads, launching Bestpass Rebilling to enable customers to seamlessly reassign toll transactions, announcing a pay-by-plate service for trailer rental and leasing companies, and hiring 22 new employees.

“Our year-over-year growth, especially over the past year, underscores the value of Bestpass toll management for our customers, as well as our ability to continually improve our service and engage new markets,” said John Andrews, president and CEO of Bestpass. “We are incredibly proud of our success in 2018 and look forward to continued growth in 2019 as the toll experts for commercial fleets of all shapes and sizes.”

Bestpass 2018 Highlights at a Glance

• Surpassed 500,000 active transponders operating within the company’s nationwide toll coverage network
• Added more than 1,700 new customers, bringing total number of customers to nearly 6,000
• Launched Bestpass Rebilling, a technology that allows customers to seamlessly reassign toll transactions to specific business units, customers or contractors
• Announced a trailer pay-by-plate solution to help trailer rental and leasing companies manage toll costs and avoid costly and time-consuming violations
• Exceeded $100 million in toll-related savings to date for customers
• Hired 22 new employees, bringing total number of employees to 78