IRD - International Road Dynamics Inc.

Toll

IRD iTOLL System installed for JAS Toll Road Co. Ltd. near Bangalore, India.

Toll roads are implemented to recover construction and maintenance costs through a user-pay principle. IRD's iTOLL System assists in the management of toll operations by providing valuable data such as traffic volume, vehicle classification, and fare expected / collected. iTOLL offers a variety of solutions for toll systems and can be modified to suit the specific needs of the client. The IRD iTOLL System is scalable and can be configured from a simple toll cash collection system to a fully integrated toll system with vehicle classification and video for audit.

The iTOLL System is a post-classification system. A post-classification system requires the operator to enter the vehicle classification for fare calculation. The system automatically determines the vehicle classification as the vehicle is leaving the toll booth and generates a discrepancy event if the operator entered vehicle classification does not match the automatically generated vehicle classification. Afterwards, the discrepancy can be resolved at the supervisor workstation by reviewing the captured video clip and adding a supervisor override to the operator classification or payment method.

Some of the key features of iTOLL are:

1.	Multiple payment methods are supported using Cash, Smart Cards and Barcoded tickets:
	a) Multiple Smart Card Payment Methods
		Trip/Journey Card: Sell multiple trips with programmable discount Debit one trip from prepaid account for each passage through the toll. Time Card: Sell as Monthly Pass, or any number of days, with a programmable discount Value: Debit toll charge from prepaid account for each passage through the toll The system uses MiFare Contactless smart cards for fast Touch and Go transaction processing
	b) Pre-printed Barcoded Tickets
		Supports the use of discounted bar coded tickets booklets Booklets are pre-printed in bulk and activated individually at the time of sale
	c) Barcoded Receipts with Validation Scanning
		Sell passes for one or several sections of a toll road to speed processing at upcoming toll plazas Sell daily passes for current calendar day Receipt and barcode printed on same low cost thermal receipt paper
2.	An automated transfer operation exists to transfer the transaction and event records from the Lane computer to the Plaza computer. All databases are automatically synchronized whenever the Ethernet network is available between the computers.

3.	The system can be integrated with IRD/PAT Weigh-In-Motion (WIM) technologies so weight can be used as a factor in the toll fare calculation.

4.	IRD offers engineering services to integrate iToll with project specific ETC equipment subject to regional requirements. IRD has over 15 years experience integrating DSRC technologies into systems at highway speeds.

5.	The lanes are able to function independently from the plaza. A local database is installed on every Lane Subsystem with a centralized database on the Plaza Subsystem.

6.	Transfer configuration information from the plaza computer to the lane computer through either a daily scheduled automated update, or an administrator requested update.

7.	The system is able to detect the passage of a vehicle and generates an event, even if the lane is closed.

8.	The system provides the ability to backup, restore, and purge data.

9.	The User ID controls the access rights to toll systems operation. The system supports, as a minimum, the following access rights groups: Administrator, Maintenance, and Supervisor.

10.	The system supports up to 99 vehicle classes and has an administrator configurable rate associated with each class. The system automatically retrieves the configured rate when the operator selects a class.

11.	The system has the ability to enable or disable the following:
	Receipt printing for a payment method Open / Close cash drawer for a payment method Automatic printing of event records on the plaza's printer

12.	The system runs on the Microsoft Windows XP Professional operating system environment.

13.	The system supports multiple languages as supported by the Microsoft Windows OS Environment.

iTOLL incorporates IRD DYNAX® sensors, treadles, and interfaces. The DYNAX® Treadle has an accuracy of greater than 99.5% and features sensors which operate effectively in stop-and-go traffic. IRD offers the DYNAX® Single/Dual Sensor which is one of the active sensors in a DYNAX® Treadle and can identify single and dual wheels. This allows an iTOLL operation to incorporate additional classifications, thereby, enhancing its revenue base.

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Toll Systems - Project Experience (pdf - 79 kb)
IRD TCC Toll Audit System (pdf - 354 kb)
iTOLL Systems Brochure (pdf - 924 kb)

Slide Presentations

Post-classification Toll System (pdf - 186 kb)

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