Electronic Toll Collection System for Road Transportation

Abstract

The highway transportation has become more and more important in modern road network and the traditional manual toll collection system has become outdated due to its drawbacks. By employing automated toll collection system, driver of vehicles need not to stop at a window or toll machine and waste time waiting in a long queue to pay their toll. This reduces the consumption of fuel; reduce road congestion, increase road safety and traveller become pleased. An Automated Electronic Toll collection (ETC) system is basically designed for an uninterrupted toll collection, which has become an important part of intelligent transportation system. This paper presents the concept of Automated ETC using RFID technology. This work eliminates the need for motorists and toll authorities to manually perform ticket payments and toll fee collections, respectively. Data information are also easily exchanged between the motorists and toll authorities, thereby enabling a more efficient toll collection by reducing traffic and eliminating possible human errors.