LESSONS FROM HISTORY: DEVELOPMENT OF TOLL COLLECTION IN ITALY

Toll roads were used in Italy as early as 1924, and are now used across the whole Italian motorway network. For many years, payment was made using preprinted tickets. Then there were electromechanical punched-card systems. In the 1970s, magnetic and microelectronics systems were introduced. Since then, innovations have steadily reduced the time spent at toll stations, and improved the quality of available data and system monitoring. A magnetic card system was introduced in 1982. In 1990, the Telepass system began operations in Italy, after three years of field trials, as the world's first dynamic method on toll payment using an on-board unit (OBU) or transponder. Although Telepass is a single-lane system, its parameters were selected so that it could meet the requirements of other applications, including multilane free-flow traffic toll collection systems. In 1994, trials began on a multilane electronic toll collection (ETC) system using Telepass. Integrated payment systems (IPS) were developed, usable by all Italian operators. In January 1997, an innovative system of integrated toll collection, using a Visipass smart card, is due to start operation in the Florence-Prato metropolitan area. It will become a common tool for urban residents, usable for paying road tolls, urban and intercity public transport fares, and parking fees.

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• Authors:
  • ALVISI, M
• Publication Date: 1996-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 97-100
• Serial:
  • Traffic Technology International
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: AutoIntermediates Limited
  • ISSN: 1356-9252
  • Serial URL: http://www.ukipme.com/mag_traffic.htm

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Continuous structures; Data collection; Electronics; Equipment; Freeways; Intercity transportation; Payment; Public transit; Quality control; Smart cards; Surveillance; Tariffs; Toll collection; Traffic lanes; Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Quality
• Geographic Terms: Italy
• ITRD Terms: 9006: Continuous; 8623: Data acquisition; 6965: Electronics; 3674: Equipment; 388: Inter urban; 8051: Italy; 2752: Motorway; 272: Payment; 744: Public transport; 9063: Quality; 290: Smart card; 9101: Surveillance; 241: Tariff; 291: Toll collection; 2827: Traffic lane; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Finance; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00735419
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Apr 29 1997 12:00AM