Advanced roadpricing Through the ages infrastructure has been regarded as an effective means of raising money. Recent developments go towards various non-stop systems, which make use of wireless approaches. This contribution deals with the design of the most advanced technology available UMTS/Galileo/GSM/GPS), that is almost fully automated except for the part that induces behavioural changes. The device that is installed in the car is called the AT-mobimeter (Aachen-Terneuzen) after the domestic places of the authors. The AT-design features a so-called mobicard (chipcard), which encompasses car registration, wallet, and starting keycode. It is used to pay at cash machines of service stations and banks, for which it gets a roaduse-budget in return. This budget diminishes gradually according to the price of the road segment one is driving or parking on. Trip information is stored on it and retrieved at the next uploading of the card. The Galileo positioning system (GPS-backed up) relates the position of the car to a GIS, in which the road system is stored in maximum speed segments. Emitting a unique mobiflag prevents fraud, next to other design characteristics. A UMTS/GSM system sends car and trip data to the Road Service Provider , and road information to the driver via the stored data in the mobimeter. AT can be tested immediately as it uses current industry standards, without jeopardising future technological developments. (Author/publisher)
Samenvatting