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This article describes the new Express Toll Route 407, which will be operating in Ontario Province, Canada, by the end of 1996. This 699km long, controlled-access, multi-lane toll highway will have an advanced fully electronic toll collection (ETC) system. Drivers will be able to pay tolls without stopping or even slowing down, and without toll booths or toll plazas. Route 407's ETC technology consists of: (1) vehicle transponders; (2) Automatic Vehicle Identification (AVI) readers; (3) vehicle classification systems; (4) a video licence plate recognition system; (5) roadside toll collection equipment; (6) a toll transaction processor; and (7) a revenue management system. All these elements will be integrated by a fibre optics network communications system, and linked to a central operations facility. When vehicles enter or exit at one of the route's 28 interchanges, they will pass under a tolling frame supporting electronic equipment. Frequent users and all large commercial vehicles will use a small transponder, fitted on the dashboard or windshield. Some lorries may use more advanced transponders. Vehicles without transponders will have their number plates recognised by video, but have to pay higher tolls. Users of the highway will be able to choose from several payment options.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Route One Publishing Limited

  19/21 High Street
  Sutton, Surrey SM1 1DJ,   England 
• Authors:
  • MCCABE, E
• Publication Date: 1996

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 65-6
• Serial:
  • World Highways/Routes du Monde
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: Route One Publishing Limited
  • ISSN: 0964-4598
  • Serial URL: http://www.worldhighways.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic control; Automation; Digital computers; Drivers; Electronics; Equipment; Fiber optics; Freeways; Income; Information processing; Interchanges; License plates; Payment; Technology; Telecommunications; Television; Toll roads; Vehicles
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• ITRD Terms: 3882: Automatic; 8018: Canada; 8655: Data processing; 8673: Digital computer; 1772: Driver; 6965: Electronics; 3674: Equipment; 6765: Fibre optics; 256: Income; 433: Interchange; 2752: Motorway; 1346: Number plate; 272: Payment; 3855: Technology; 9117: Telecommunication; 6949: Television; 2702: Toll road; 1255: Vehicle
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00729846
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Dec 26 1996 12:00AM