Electronic toll collection: how road operators aim for a more affordable cashless technology
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Metropolitan Expressway Co Ltd announced on March 23, 2020 that it would conduct testing of the new cashless settlement system “one-stop ETC” in cooperation with Kanagawa Road Public Corporation, Amano Corporation, Hitachi Ltd, Shutoko Co Ltd, and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Club Co Ltd.
The ETC (electronic toll collection) system operated by highway companies has more than 9% of the routes in use, and it is widely used as a payment means.
On the other hand, there are some problems such as introduction costs in local highway public companies and so the introduction has not progressed.
At present, examination of new cashless payments using network type ETC technology (*) which is inexpensive in initial cost and maintenance cost is promoted in parking lots, etc.
It is one-stop type ETC of a new cashless settlement system using ETC communication. Unlike the conventional ETC, the system requires a temporary suspension at tollgates, unlike the method of payments that pass through tollgates in a non-stop manner.
One-stop ETC system.
By utilizing the system for toll roads, it is expected that the system will be deployed in local highway public companies.
Through these social experiments, the effectiveness of introducing one-stop ETCs will be verified through measurements of tollgate transit times and monitoring questionnaires.
(*) Technology that enables collective processing of information acquired by roadside aircraft by connecting information processing equipment installed at remote locations and multiple roadside aircraft through a communication network
Original Text: https://ampmedia.jp/2020/02/14/metropolitan-expressway/