TOYOTA VPS BASED ERP SYSTEM

ERP (Electronic Road Pricing) systems have already been implemented to mitigate adverse effects caused by heavy traffic in the heart of major cities. To date, ERP has adopted a DSRC (Dedicated Short Range Communication) technology approach. The drawback of the DSRC based ERP system, though, is that an extensive infrastructure such as fixed gantries and roadside equipment around the charge zones are required, and the flexibility of the establishment or modification of the charge zones is extremely low. The VPS (Vehicle Positioning System) is a new paradigm from current DSRC technology. It is the next generation ERP technology that enables the flexible establishment of an ERP system without the necessity of the extensive infrastructure, by having an in-vehicle unit (IVU) which does all of vehicle position recognition, charge zone entry and exit determination, and charge processing. An original VPS based ERP system has been developed and proven in public that it is capable of being realized, through field trials in Hong Kong that were planned by the Hong Kong government. (A*) For the covering abstract see ITRD E110327.

• Corporate Authors:

  ITS America

  1100 17th Street, NW, 12th Floor
  Washington, DC  United States  20036
• Authors:
  • KAKIHARA, M
  • FURUTA, Y
  • Terada, H
  • Aoki, Y
• Conference:
  • PROCEEDINGS OF 6TH WORLD CONGRESS ON INTELLIGENT TRANSPORT SYSTEMS (ITS), HELD TORONTO, CANADA, NOVEMBER 8-12, 1999
• Publication Date: 1999

Language

• English

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic vehicle identification; Automatic vehicle location; Conferences; Data communications; Equipment; Intelligent transportation systems; Road pricing; Toll collection; Traffic congestion; Urban areas
• ITRD Terms: 8767: Automatic vehicle identification; 8525: Conference; 632: Congestion (traffic); 8652: Data transmission (telecom); 3674: Equipment; 8735: Intelligent transport system; 240: Road pricing; 291: Toll collection; 313: Urban area; 8778: Vehicle tracking (location)
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00819048
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Nov 7 2001 12:00AM