Tag: Tolling
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RFID for transport and Beyond
RFID, in the form of FASTag, has entered the imagination of every single vehicle owner in the country. However, the application of this technology is growing across sectors. TrafficInfraTech explores the role RFID will play in the future. The global RFID market was estimated at USD 10.7 billion in 2021, with a projection of reaching…
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Traffic and Revenue – Highways Sector
The Impact of COVID-19 on road sector is upsetting and revenues are choked as the tolling across plaza was suspended in order to stop the spread of the virus. However now the lockdowns are getting relaxed, tolling is allowed and traffic is slowly coming up on road again though passenger car traffic is almost negligible.…
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Bringing together the who’s who of the transportation sector
I have been attending this expo for the last three years. The initiative taken by the organizer is commendable, bringing together traffic and road safety players under one roof. I can see, there is huge improvement in terms of footfall and the number of exhibitors in this expo. –T Krishna Prasad IPS, DGP & Chairman,…
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Conference Sessions: Inspiring & Educational
[box type=”shadow” align=”aligncenter” ] “There is necessity of topical sessions such as Tolling, as there is lack of awareness among people”; “The conference sessions were quite educative and informative”; “The sessions were quite interesting for officers and all the stakeholders. The expo also gave us an exposure to international trends.” Such was the impression of…
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Electronic Tolling Strategies for Indian Highways
[box type=”shadow” ] Making the opening address at the Session on Highway Technology. Abhay Damle, Joint Secretary-Transport, MoRTH, explained challenges in technology implementation and the various technologies being put in place. [/box] Tolling has been a very, debatable issue as far as the road and road users are concerned. This is an area which probably…
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Need for Standards and Uniformity
Balraj Bhanot, Management Consultant, Chairman TEDC (BIS), Former Director ARAI and Chairman CMVR-TSC writes on the need for standardization in ITS technology Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) is a wide field, and today, there is no single ownership to the subject in the country. The subject of ITS cuts across various ministries of the government like…
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Smart Tolling
In a bid to decrease time spent by vehicles at toll plazas on highways and reduce congestion, the Government of India launched an Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) programme last year across 25 toll plazas on the Mumbai-Delhi arm of Golden Quadrilateral. The ETC system, named ‘FASTag’, is an advanced programme for making payment electronically at…
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Vadodara Bharuch toll plaza
Toll plazas are one of the most neglected forms of contemporary architecture even though millions of people use it every day; some to cross territories and others for employment. When the Vadodara Bharuch toll plaza was to be built on NH 8 in Gujarat, the client wanted to create a new bench mark in the…
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ETC will bring uniformity of payment across all toll plazas and increase efficiency of toll collection
Sandeep Pawar, Managing Director, Mumbai based Kent ITS talks to TraficInfraTech about toll automation, ETC and the company’s ETC solutions. What are the unique features of Toll Explore – the toll automation solution from Kent ITS? What technology does the system use? Toll Explore is very flexible because most of the components of the system…
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Envoys Electronics
Toll Lane Light 200mm diameter LED-based Traffic Light mountable on poles. Synchronised with lane barrier for entry of vehicles. Low power consumption with night dimming. IP 65 protection for LED kit. High quality polycarbonate clear lens. Available in AC and DC versions. ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————– User Fare / Patron Fare Display A compact, LED based alpha-numerical display…