TOLL COLLECTION-EQUIPMENT AND METHODS
BASIC ELECTRO-MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT STILL PROVIDES THE FOUNDATION FOR TOLL COLLECTION SYSTEMS. THE SYSTEM USED AT THE NEW BENELUX TUNNEL IN ROTTERDAM IS BASED ON THE WHEEL BASE OF VEHICLES. THOSE WITH A SHORT WHEELBASE PAY ONE TOLL, AND THOSE WITH A LONGER WHEELBASE PAY DOUBLE THE TOLL. THIS SEPARATES PASSENGER CARS FROM COMMERCIAL VEHICLES AND THE WHEELBASE IS AUTOMATICALLY SENSED BY TWO AXLE DETECTORS UPSTREAM OF THE AUTOMATIC MACHINE, AND AN INDUCTION LOOP TO ASSOCIATE AXLES WITH VEHICLE PRESENT OR ABSENCE. THE PROPER TOLL IS DISPLAYED AUTOMATICALLY AT THE MACHINE. PROGRESS IS BEING MADE BOTH TOWARD SIMPLIFIED TOLL RATE STRUCTURES AND TOWARD THE USE OF AUTOMATIC CLASSIFICATION AND COLLECTION EQUIPMENT, WORK IS UNDERWAY ALSO ON SYSTEMS CAPABLE OF AUTOMATICALLY COLLECTING REDUCED RATE TOOLS AND SPECIAL CURRENCY TOLLS SUCH AS SCRIP USED BY COMMERCIAL FLEET OPERATORS TO AVOID GIVING CASH TO THEIR DRIVERS. TOKEN SYSTEMS ARE A FEASIBLE MEANS OF COLLECTING SUCH TOLLS AUTOMATICALLY. MAGNETICALLY ENCODED CARDS WHICH CAN BE AUTOMATICALLY READ AND RECORDED ON EACH PRESENTATION AT A TOLL LANE OFFER A PROMISING APPROACH. NON-STOP AUTOMATIC TOLL COLLECTION BECOMES POSSIBLE WITH THE AUTOMATIC VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION TECHNOLOGY.
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Supplemental Notes:
- 1969 WorkshOP, PP 26-28
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Authors:
- Foote, R S
- Publication Date: 1969-4
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Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Automatic control; Automobiles; Axles; Commercial vehicles; Detectors; Floppy disks; Identification systems; Mechatronics; Tokens; Toll collection; Wheel base
- Uncontrolled Terms: Identification
- Old TRIS Terms: Electromechanics; Magnetic disks
- Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00225746
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jun 22 1970 12:00AM