Electronic Toll Collection System for Road Transportation

Suhil, Nayman ; Shivashankara B.S.;

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collection system has become outdated due to its drawbacks.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.