New Tech
DOTslip Solves DOT Electronic Ticketing
Launched in December 2019, DOTslip enables contractors and producers to digitally share tickets with customers, crews, carriers, and project owner representatives automatically.
The Department of Transportation in Georgia, C.W. Matthews’ home state, approved the use of DOTslip in late February. Photo courtesy of C.W. Matthews. Management at C.W. Matthews, Marietta, Georgia, approached HaulHub Technologies, Boston, in late October 2019 with an idea. The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) had begun to include a new electronic ticketing spec in its job lettings that proved a bit problematic. “We were in search of a program to increase our haul efficiencies as a company while minimizing the day to day paperwork currently required of field personnel,” said Lee Mims at C.W. Matthews. “During this process, the [Georgia] Department of Transportation announced their pilot projects with the e-ticket requirement.” C.W. Matthews, already a customer of HaulHub Technologies’ trucking and transportation solutions, was hoping the compa-
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ny could develop a solution that would meet the new spec. The team at HaulHub liked the idea, and began developing its own e-ticketing app, DOTslip. “DOTslip allows for faster reconciliation of tickets for payment on projects, eliminates the need for costly antiquated hardware which transfers savings to the state, and creates a safer work environment by removing employees from hazardous areas necessary to transfer paper tickets,” Mims said. The platform is set up for near immediate reconciliation of tickets eliminating the time C.W. Matthews’ employees, as well as state employees, spend at the end of the month tracking down missing paperwork, he continued. “This will be our pilot operation in regards to e-ticketing,” Mims said, adding that C.W. Matthews plans to provide feedback from
its employees and DOT staff to HaulHub for continuous improvement of DOTslip. “I believe that a mix of simplicity, minimized user interaction, and data accuracy will make this a success.”
MEET CONTRACTORS’ NEEDS, DOT DEMANDS
“We’ve seen a lot of DOTs putting out new requirements for e-ticketing,” said HaulHub Technologies Founder and CEO Joe Spinelli. “Construction companies, producers and the state asphalt associations had some input that would be useful to the process. That’s what we’re hoping to do with DOTslip: create a collaborative tool that meets the needs of all stakeholders.” Spinelli said some e-ticketing solutions capture and share sensitive data—such as
