Title: Birth, Growth and Reproduction of the Clearing House Model for Tolling Interoperability
Abstract:The National Road Authority of Ireland and the Road and Transport Authority of New South Wales, Australia, have shown that managing Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) interoperability at state level was...The National Road Authority of Ireland and the Road and Transport Authority of New South Wales, Australia, have shown that managing Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) interoperability at state level was an efficient way of ushering in the much anticipated “one tag, one account, one bill” feature for Tag Service Providers (TSPs) outlets, not just smoothly but in a short term period too. Egis Projects is a developer of road infrastructure and a major player in road operation, electronic tolling solutions and road mobility services. Egis' rolling out of the Information Exchange Agent (IEA) in fewer than six months was eased by a thoroughly standardized European ETC environment, designed to facilitate interoperability starting right from toll operators’ lanes. The result today is a national road network entirely enjoyable by Tag Registered users, and a story that inspires the same authority to facilitate nothing less than interoperability with European TSPs, only seven years after the first brick was laid. Although perhaps a difficult truth to accept, despite the efficiency of European standards, the extent of varied technologies adopted in ETC schemes in Europe does not make it a harmonized environment yet. Implementing video tolling interoperability in Europe, facilitated by the existing states’ clearing houses such as the Irish IEA, could provide the transition needed during harmonization and EETS take-up while improving revenue collection efficiency.Read More
Publication Year: 2013
Publication Date: 2013-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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