The case for creating seamless European toll services

Europe launched wireless communication standards for tolling in 1997. During the 1990s, tolling became a viable means to finance increasing road infrastructure costs as trade increased between the European countries. Manyformulated visions for pas European interoperability where users subject to tolls could enjoy a seamless service or 'one tag one contract'. However, a decade later, a seamless toll service operating across Europe remains a utopia. Only national schemes and the Scandinavian NorITS offer seamlessservices between different toll charging domains. The challenges preventing standardization are described. These include different technology standards in different countries, differences in national toll enforcement legislation, the costs of standardization, international dispute management and financing.

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• Authors:
  • FURNES, J P
• Publication Date: 2009

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 40-2
• Serial:
  • EUROTRANSPORT
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: RUSSELL PUBLISHING LTD
  • ISSN: 1478-8217

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Equipment; Financing; Intelligent transportation systems; Interoperability; Legislation; Policy; Standardization; Technology; Toll collection; Toll roads; Transportation planning
• Uncontrolled Terms: Integrated transportation systems
• Geographic Terms: Europe
• ITRD Terms: 3674: Equipment; 8034: Europe; 244: Financing; 1176: Integration (transport); 8735: Intelligent transport system; 9134: Interoperability; 1556: Legislation; 173: Policy; 9075: Standardization; 3855: Technology; 291: Toll collection; 2702: Toll road
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Policy; I10: Economics and Administration; I70: Traffic and Transport; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01138803
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: TRL
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Aug 31 2009 7:44AM