However, there was a consensus amongst the experts that India is not yet ready for network pricing. The technology is still evolving. It requires all vehicles to be compliant with the technology and violation detection could be a major challenge. Table 3 Comparison of Toll Collection Mechanisms in different cities/regions
City / Region
Toll Mechanism
London
ANPR- system consists of On ground patrol Payments can be made by 90%65 overhead gantries, units telephone, text message, cameras at all entrance online, by post, or via points registering for auto pay.
Stockholm ANPR- system consists of overhead gantries, cameras at all entrance points
Singapore
Supporting System
DSRC tested with ANPR as a backup during the pilot. ANPR was found to be sufficient hence DSRC scrapped
DSRC- Overhead gantries Back-up ANPR detect the type of vehicle, cameras for the congestion of the enforcement route at specific times.
Payment Method
Accuracy
The owner of the car is 90- 95%66 sent a monthly invoice for the total charge incurred. Payments can be made by mail, online or by direct debit from a bank account Smart-card (pass) based payment
90%
Now shifting towards GNSS based toll collection Germany (Distancebased for heavy vehicles)
7.2.2
GPS based- mobile ANPR cameras to Online payment, payment 99.75% 67 communication system / capture number at POS (Point of Sale) DSRC plates locations
Gantry-based pricing using RFID and ANPR technology
Most of those present at the roundtable concluded that area-based and corridor-based congestion pricing with radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology might be best suited for India presently. This is also in line with the recommendations of the Nandan Nilekani Committee report of 2010 to use passive RFID technology. RFID technology alone cannot detect violations. Therefore, Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) was suggested as the backup technology for detecting violations. Many 65
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Building Strategic Alliances. GNSS-Based Tolling in Germany: Lessons Learned after Two Years of Operation. 2007
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