Title: HEAVY GOODS VEHICLES TOLLING OF TRANSALPINE TRAFFIC: THE INTEROPERABILITY BETWEEN EXISTING AND PLANNED ELECTRONIC FEE COLLECTION (EFC) SYSTEMS IN AUSTRIA, ITALY AND SWITZERLAND
Abstract:Within the Concerted Action for Research On Demand Management in Europe (Cardme) of the European Commission, a number of case studies are being conducted for investigating the potential benefits of in...Within the Concerted Action for Research On Demand Management in Europe (Cardme) of the European Commission, a number of case studies are being conducted for investigating the potential benefits of interoperability of electronic fee collection (EFC) systems for border crossing traffic in Europe. In summer 1995, Austria, Italy and Switzerland agreed to carry out a common case study. At present, in Austria several motorway links are tolled manually and a large scale EFC field test is being conducted on the Tauern Pass. In addition, Austria today has a manual system for accounting Ecopoints that are required for trucks from EU countries crossing the Austrian Alps. The Austrian Government is planning to automate the Ecopoint accounting system as well as to introduce a heavy goods vehicle fee that will be collected by means of EFC on the entire motorway network. Italy has a long standing tradition in motorway toll collection including integration of the toll operators. Since 1982 the Italian integrated Payment System has been implemented allowing users to pay electronically with the same payment means on the entire motorway network. Switzerland is planning to install an EFC system for the distance-related heavy vehicles tax levied from domestic and foreign trucks and buses for the use of the entire road network of the country. The contractual, procedural and technical interoperability issues of the existing and planned EFC systems in the three countries are discussed in the paper. In particular, the problems of interoperability between network oriented systems applying DSRC technology (Italy and Austria) and area oriented systems applying GPS technology for boundary recognition (one of the solutions being considered in Switzerland) are examined. The requirements for roadside and onboard equipment in various alternative scenarios are presented with particular consideration of the needs of heavy goods vehicles traffic crossing the Alps.Read More
Publication Year: 1996
Publication Date: 1996-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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