Your flexible friend?

Tolling systems must be flexible enough to accept future upgrades. At present it is extremely challenging to implement an open procurement for improvements that allow other vendors to compete on an equal footing. The factors contributing to sole source procurement are that future upgrades are rarely addressed in newly designed systems, a lack of system's design documentation, poor design, and proprietary issues. These issues must be addressed up front, prior to selection. The next generation of toll systems will be designed with third party expansion and enhancements in mind. Systems engineers, when beginning the design, must document system functionality and performance.

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• Authors:
  • KIRWIN, J
• Publication Date: 2004

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 46-8
• Serial:
  • TOLLTRANS. TRAFFIC TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL SUPPLEMENT
  • Publisher: UK and International Press
  • ISSN: 1356-9252

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Design; Equipment; Intelligent transportation systems; Road pricing; Toll collection; Toll roads
• ITRD Terms: 9011: Design (overall design); 3674: Equipment; 8735: Intelligent transport system; 240: Road pricing; 291: Toll collection; 2702: Toll road
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01012879
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Dec 21 2005 3:08PM