Title: ALTERNATIVES FOR TOLL ROADS AND TOLL COLLECTION ACTIVITIES
Abstract: This paper discusses the issues surrounding automatic vehicle identification (AVI), and presents suggestions for its successful application to toll collection operations. With AVI, an electronic tag, encoded with a vehicle-specific identification, is attached to a vehicle. As the vehicle passes through the toll gate, it transmits its information via a roadside reader to a computer that charges the appropriate toll. The five available options for toll collection are: (1) manned; (2) automatic coin collection; (3) mixed AVI, where the toll lane can accept AVI- equipped vehicles, (4) slow-speed AVI, where only AVI users are allowed to use specially designated lanes; and (5) free- flow AVI, where lanes for AVI users are kept completely separate. The AVI implementation issues are: (1) toll structure; (2) payment; (3) accounting and processing; (4) legalities; (5) ownership and operation; (6) traffic operations; (7) computer system requirements; and (8) tag distribution. AVI's benefits to road agencies include: (1) reduced construction costs; (2) reduced operating and maintenance costs;(3) increased revenue; (4) increased safety; and (5) increased financial security. AVI's benefits to users include: (1) reduced travel time and inconvenience; (2) energy conservation; (3) reduced air pollution; (4) reduced vehicle wear. To apply AVI technology adequately, all factors relating to free-flow, multi-lane traffic must be considered.
Publication Year: 1992
Publication Date: 1992-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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