Title: Smart Toll Solutions for Indian Roads: Exploring the Present and Future
Abstract: This article will discuss how the Indian Government has plans to expand the existing highway network because of the current boom in infrastructure. The article shows how most of the stretches of these highways are executed through a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model that are being financed through toll charges that are levied on highway users. Apart from the National Highways, many of the city roads that provide connectivity to highways are also being converted to toll roads and these toll roads have toll plazas to check for entry and exit of vehicles and to collect tolls. Most of the existing toll booths currently have a toll operator to collect the toll based on vehicle type. These toll booths are aided by a sensor based vehicle classification system that helps in auditing the collected toll. However, this method of verifying the amount collected in toll booths in very tedious and error prone. Since the toll booths control the economy of infrastructure companies and governments alike, there is an implicit need to prevent pilferage in toll booths and a need to automatically classify the vehicle before the toll gets charged to the commuter. This article shares some of the pitfalls of the existing toll solutions in the Indian market and proposes a solution that looks at automating some of the workflow in the toll booth, thereby reducing pilferage in toll booths.
Publication Year: 2012
Publication Date: 2012-03-01
Language: en
Type: article
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