Truck Tolling

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Truck Tolling
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About Truck Tolling

• Truck Tolling is a tolling scheme that enables
  fully automatic collection of fees from heavy
  goods vehicles using the roads.

• Transactions are done automatically at high speed
• The systems can be based on a variety of
  technologies
• Which solution is optimal, depends on the purpose
  of the tolling scheme, km of road to be covered,
  number of vehicles, legal aspects, etc.
• Q-Free is delivering the enforcement and central
  system for the Worlds first nationwide Truck
  Tolling System in Slovakia.

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Global Volume of Road Transport Expected to Grow
111 from 2000-30

• Number of heavy vehicles has exploded
• Size and weight of trucks are increasing
• One truck abrades the roads much more than
  passenger cars
• Lack of Truck Tolling possibilities in many
  countries (no systems)

(1) Passenger cars, powered two-wheelers, buses
coaches, tram metro, railways, air, sea
(2) Road, sea, rail, inland waterways,
pipelines, air
GDP Gross Domestic Product
Source Global Industry Analysts Inc. (2009)
ETC Systems A Global Strategic Business Report
Source EU Energy transport in Figures 2006,
Part 3 Transport
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Five European Countries have Introduced Truck
Tolling
New Countries to Join the Truck Tolling
Arena France, Slovenia, Hungary, Bulgaria,
Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, etc.
GNSS Global Navigation Satellite System DSRC
Dedicated Short-Range Communication ALPR
Automatic License Plate Recognition
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Basic Elements of a Truck Tolling System
Operational Back-Office
CommercialBack-Office
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Roadside
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Data Collection
Transaction Handling
Business Management
Accounts handling
Charging based on
Vehicle identified by
Zones or Time/Distance/Place
CRM, External Interfaces, etc.
GNSS, DSRC or ALPR
GNSS Global Navigation Satellite System, DSRC
Dedicated Short-Range Communication, ALPR
Automatic License Plate Recognition
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Roadside Data Collection

• Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)
• Payment is transferred when the vehicle passes a
  pre-defined spot in the road network, known as
  Virtual Charging Point
• The OBU contains a GPS Module for positioning
• Drivers declare classification data that is
  stored in the On Board Unit, e.g. number of axels
• Dedicated Short-Range Communications (DSRC)
  vehicle-to-roadside
• Payment is transferred when the vehicle passes a
  physical charging points
• The OBU transmits ID, classification, etc using
  DSRC

With On Board Unit (OBU)

• Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR)
• Cameras mounted on physical gantries
• Vehicle identified by optical character
  recognition, matched against electronic vehicle
  registry and owner charged accordingly

Without On Board Unit (OBU)
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Operational Back Office Transaction Handling

• Transaction handling, security, data acquisition,
  classification etc.
• Processing of collected data (rating and billing)
• The user can pay using bank transfer, credit
  card, web services etc.
• Violators will be handled by the enforcement
  (next slide)

Charging

• Monitoring
• Assets Management
• Facility Management
• Service and Maintenance

Support Functions
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Operational Back Office - Enforcement To Verify
Compliance

• Roadside enforcement
• with Fixed Gantries
• Covering several lanes

Three ways of doing enforcement

• Roadside Enforcement with Single Poles
• Covering one lane

• 3) Mobile enforcement
• Surveillance vehicles
• with enforcement
• equipment

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Commercial Back Office Business Management

• Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
• Supporting end-users
• Keeping track of customer and accounts database
• Invoice handling
• Complaints
• External interfaces
• Banks
• National Vehicle Register
• Clearing, interoperability

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Q-Free Delivers Complete, Integrated Turnkey
Solutions for a Rapidly Growing Truck Tolling
Market

• The leading global supplier of solutions and
  products for Truck Tolling
• Second generation Truck Tolling systems based on
  25 years of experience
• A Pioneer in international standardization work,
  ensures future proof solutions

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Summary
Q-Free delivers

• Turnkey solutions for Truck Tolling
• Efficient operational models
• Extensive experience
• Advisory
• Local presence and staffing

• Leading to
• Optimal solution for the customer
• Minimized operational costs
• Optimized performance