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Road User Charging

World Class Intelligent Transport Systems for

Road User Charging and Traffic Management


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About Road User Charging

Road User Charging is collection of fees or tolls from road users.

Transactions can either be done manually orautomatically

The systems can be based on a variety of technologies.Which solution is optimal, depends on the purpose ofintroducing the charging scheme, km of road to becovered, number of vehicles, legal aspects., etc.

Q-Free implemented the first Electronic Tolling Solutionfor the Bangkok Expressway.


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The market demands differentsolutions to improve trafficcongestion and pollution

Lack of public funding of newroads

Road user charging is apreferred method for roadfinancing.

Millions of electronictransactions reduces the CO2

emissions as stop and go trafficis avoided.

Global Volume of Road Transport is Expected to Grow 111 %

from 2000-30*

7,165

4,458

874 755

0

2500

5000

7500

Passenger Transport in World Regions (2007)

billion passenger-kilometre**

**Source: EU Energy & transport in Figures 2006, Part 3 Transport

* Source: Global Industry Analysts Inc. (2009): ETC

Systems A Global Strategic Business Report


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The Road User Charging Technologies

DSRC - Dedicated ShortRange Communication

Follows European standards

Cars communicate with thecharging point through an OnBoard Unit

Microwave communication

Widely used

RFID Radio FrequencyIdentification

Only passive components,meaning that no internalenergy source (battery)

RFID On Board Unit is alsocalled a sticker tag

GNSS Global NavigationSatellite System

Systems based on GPS

Requires an On Board Unitthat positions the vehicle

ALPR Automatic LicensePlate Recognition

Software automatically reads

the vehicles licence number Based on digital video images

of the vehicles license plate

Used in Congestion Charging

Video based enforcement

Manual Toll Collection Collect of charge from road

user is done manually or semimanually (personnel in a tollbooth or supported by sometechnologies, like coinmachine and enforcement

cameras

Q-Free delivers alltechnologies, but willfocus on the three firstmentioned.


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Examples of Road User Charging Applications

Road User Charging

Financing ofInfrastructure

(ETC)

CongestionCharging

Truck Tolling

DSRC (Dedicated Short-Range Communication)

GNSS (Global NavigationSatellite System)

Video with ALPR (AutomaticLicense Plate Recognition)

ApplicationTechnology

Common technology choice for theapplication

A possible technology but not manysimilar projects

This technology is not recommendedfor the application


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RUC Projects Based on Different Technologies

Financing ofInfrastructure (Electronic

Toll Collection)Congestion Charging Truck Tolling

DSRC

GermanyOslo

Czech Republic Austria Switzerland

GNSSX X

Slovakia Germany

Video(ALPR)

Portugal Melbourne Norway

Stockholm Rome

X

Q-Free has more than 70 reference projects worldwide and can Deliver Systems within allRoad User Charging Areas


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Basic Elements of a Road User Charging System

Transaction

Handling

Business

Management

Zones, subscription,Time/Distance/Place etc.

CRM, External Interfaces,etc.

Vehicle identified by

GNSS, DSRC or ALPR

Accounts handlingToll calculation basedon

Data

Collection

2 3RoadsideOperationalBack-Office

CommercialBack-Office

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GNSS = Global Navigation Satellite System, DSRC = Dedicated Short-Range Communication, ALPR = Automatic License Plate Recognition


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Roadside Data Collection1

1. Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)

Payment is transferred when the vehicle passes a pre-defined spot inthe 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

2. Dedicated Short-Range Communications (DSRC) vehicle-to-roadside

Payment is transferred when the vehicle passes a physical chargingpoints

The OBU transmits ID, classification, etc using DSRC

3. Automatic License Plate Recognition (ALPR)

Cameras mounted on physical gantries

Vehicle identified by optical character recognition, matched againstelectronic vehicle registry and owner charged accordingly

When user has not paid a photographic evidence is used forenforcement

Three basicETC

technologiesin anycombination

Technologychoice basedon number ofvehicles and

length of roadsegments

With OnBoard Unit(OBU)

Without OnBoard Unit(OBU)


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The enforcement

system is the systemto catch drivers thathave not paid acorrect fee.

Optimum performanceby combining DSRC

OBUs and ALPR

The enforcement system onRoadside verifies the vehicle On

Board Unit and classification

information etc.

A missing OBU or classificationmismatch results in a photographic

evidence for the passage beingsent to the Operational Back Office

Roadside - Enforcement

Automatic License PlateRecognition

Automatic and Manual Handling ofEnforcement Cases

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Toll is calculated based onTime/Distance/Place/Zone/Class

Charging data is attached to OBU ID orLicence plate number

Operational Back Office Automatic Transaction Handling2

TollCalculation

TransactionData

ALPR Incoming pictures of passages from roadsideare translated automatically by AutomaticLicense Plate Recognition Software (ALPR)

The calculated toll is sent as a transaction data packet to accountshandling in Commercial Back Office for invoicing

Enforcement cases also sent to Commercial Back Office for handling

Monitoring and Reporting & Statistics are also a part of operational back office


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Commercial Back Office Business Management3

Commercial Back Office Functions

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

Invoicing and Financials

Administration

Asset & Facility Management

External interfaces (Linked to functionality in Back Office)

Banks

National Vehicle Register

Clearing, interoperability

User interfaces (Linked to functionality in Back Office)

Point of sales

Enforcement operators

End-users


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Q-Free Delivers Complete, Integrated Turnkey Solutions for aRapidly Growing Road User Charging Market

Market at an early stage

The market for RUC solutions is still at an earlystage

Double-digit annual growth percentage isexpected in the years to come

In some of the most developed RUC markets,the industry is transforming from innovation togrowth

Example of important market segments:

Financing of infrastructure Truck Tolling

Congestion management

Efficiency of Existing Road User ChargingSolutions


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Summary

Turnkey solutions for Road UserCharging

Efficient operational models Extensive experience

Advisory

Local presence and staffing

Q-Free delivers

Leading to

Optimal solution for the customer

Minimized operational costs

Optimized performance

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