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Study of Electronic Open Road Tolling Application near Boston Finds Reductions of Vehicle' Particulate Matter by up to 61 Percent and Energy Consumption by up to 28 percent.

METHODOLOGY Microscopic traffic simulation models were used to generate vehicle operating mode distributions for three tolling configurations: conventional full stop (queueing and idling through…
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05/26/2023

To Increase Public Support for Policies like Congestion Pricing Invest in Public Transit and Promote Public Benefits.

Based on their analysis the research team offered a number of suggestions for effectively implementing congestion relief policies such as congestion pricing. Which are: Clearly communicate with the…
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Date Posted
08/24/2022

The Implementation of an Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) System Reduced Harmful Emissions of Airborne Particulate Matter And Associated Cancer Risk by 49.3 Percent.

METHODOLOGY At the study site, traffic data were collected with vehicle detectors. For emission monitoring, two sampling stations, one downwind and one upwind, were set up. The reference station was…
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Date Posted
03/30/2021

Maryland switches to all electronic tolling on certain bridges and estimates that drivers in the state will collectively save $1.0 million per year in fuel costs.

FINDINGS Officials estimate all-electronic tolling on these bridges will save drivers a collective $1.0 million dollars in fuel. Drivers will collectively spend 44,000 less hours in traffic with…
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Date Posted
01/14/2020

Adoption of the 6C Protocol standard for RFID communications in Georgia reduced toll transponder costs from $9.20 to $0.78 per vehicle.

FINDINGS The adoption of the 6C protocol greatly reduced SRTA's roadside RFID reader costs. Transponder (windshield sticker) costs were reduced from $9.20 per unit to $0.78 per unit. This unit cost…
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Date Posted
11/18/2019

All-Electronic Toll Collection systems and Hybrid Toll Plazas that support open road tolling experience 73 to 45 percent fewer crashes than Traditional Toll Plazas, respectively.

FINDINGS The data indicated that certain designs and locations at toll plazas were more likely to experience traffic crashes than regular segments of the expressways. AETC and HTP designs were…
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Date Posted
09/25/2019

Modeling effort shows link-level dynamic tolling on a connected vehicle network can improve average travel times up to 32 percent.

The paper proposed Delta-tolling, a modified micro-tolling scheme, as an effective method to set dynamic toll values. Delta-tolling assigns tolls in a network proportionally to the difference between…
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Date Posted
09/18/2019

Transition from hard-cased electronic toll transponders to newer and cheaper transponder sticker technology can save agencies $10.00 to $14.00 per unit installed.

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FINDINGS Although toll agencies were initially expected to incur additional costs to purchase 6C transponders and related equipment, retrofit ETC systems, and dispose of old equipment, these costs…
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Date Posted
07/29/2019