Introduction of the Effective Countermeasure to Curb Passing Speed in ETC Lanes

In Japan, Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) System utilization has increased dramatically since its introduction in July 2001 and the ETC utilization rate has been over 75%. With the increase of ETC utilization, some ETC-equipped vehicles pass over ETC lanes at over 20 km per hour and car accidents in ETC lanes to vehicles stopping in ETC lanes have increased. To cope with this situation, the countermeasure to curb passing speed in ETC lanes has become the urgent issue.

• Corporate Authors:

  ITS America

  1100 17th Street, NW, 12th Floor
  Washington, DC  United States  20036
• Authors:
  • Aoki, Masatoshi
  • Endoh, Yuji
  • Otani, Kinya
  • Nakamura, Atsushi
• Conference:
  • 16th ITS World Congress and Exhibition on Intelligent Transport Systems and Services
  • Location: Stockholm , Sweden
  • Date: 2009-9-21 to 2009-9-25
• Publication Date: 2009

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Features: Figures; Maps; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: 8p
• Monograph Title: ITS in Daily Life

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automated toll collection; Countermeasures; Curbs; Smart cards; Toll collection; Traffic speed
• Uncontrolled Terms: Stopped vehicles
• Geographic Terms: Japan
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01148410
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 25 2010 8:08AM