Little research has been conducted to evaluate the traffic safety of toll plazas and the impact
of electronic toll collection (ETC) systems on highway safety, but analyses indicate that toll …

This paper examines the deployment of electronic toll collection (ETC) and develops a
model to maximize social welfare associated with a toll plaza. A payment choice model …

Abstract Service quality is one of the main performance indicators to assess the quality of
traffic operations and facilities provided at the toll plaza. Present study proposes a …

This paper reviews and critically assesses procedures which have been adopted to evaluate
Advanced Transport Telematics (ATT) projects. The importance of such a review at this …

This paper reports the improvements in traffic operations at the electronic toll collection
plazas of the Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority. Service time, vehicle arrival …

At conventional pay tolls, vehicles joining a queue must come to a stop and undergo several
stop-and-go cycles until payment is completed. As a result, emissions increase because of …

Traffic simulation models are used to enhance planning, design, operation, and
management of transportation facilities. A discrete-event stochastic object-oriented …

The objective of this paper was the development of a microscopic traffic simulation model for
design, assessment, and operational analysis of toll stations. A simulation software using …

This paper presents comprehensive decision-making procedures for designing a new toll
plaza with the right initial capacity, then finding the optimal dynamic lane configuration for …

Pollution, alternative fuels, congestion, intelligent transportation systems, and the shift from
construction to maintenance all call for a reconsideration of the existing highway revenue …