01124319

Component

In the paper a new pay toll system is described, including toll lane equipment (vehicle pre and post classification based on subsystem without treadles, video system for license plate recognition, new optical character reader, electronic toll collection and PC-based lane controller), plaza system and central system. Basic technical features of all components are presented, especially those applied for the first time in tolling on motorways. The entire system architecture is presented and connections of different system layers are described. Also, the paper deals with integration of the toll system in the motorway intelligent transportation system(ITS), and problems and solutions which arise in implementation of the entire ITS. Special elaboration is devoted to the telecommunication system based on GPRS technology, which is used for data transfer. In conclusion, the interoperability of pay toll systems is elaborated, with special emphasis on further spreading of interoperability of tolling systems in the Southeast European Region. A review of tolling systems in neighboring countries is given underlining the ability of these systems to provide electronic toll collection interoperability.

01033979

English

12p

2006

1st International Symposium on Freeway and Tollway Operations

DVD

Figures (3) ; References (7) ; Tables (1)

Automated toll collection; Automatic license plate readers; Implementation; Intelligent transportation systems; Interoperability; Optical character recognition; System architecture; Telecommunications; Toll plazas

Electronic data transfer; System integration

Serbia; Southern Europe

Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control

TRIS, TRB

Mar 19 2009 8:36AM

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