Title: Conceptual design of an intelligent toll station

Authors: J.A. Romero, E. Betanzo, A. Lozano

Addresses: Queretaro Autonomous University, San Juan del Rio Campus, Rio Moctezuma 249, 76800 San Juan del Rio, Mexico. ' Faculty of Engineering, Queretaro Autonomous University, Cerro de las Campanas, 76000 Queretaro, Mexico. ' Faculty of Engineering, Queretaro Autonomous University, Cerro de las Campanas, 76000 Queretaro, Mexico

Abstract: Toll rates are calculated to cover the investments in road maintenance and rehabilitation, and are exclusively established in terms of the number of axles in the vehicle and its configuration. Toll rates thus neglect the different levels of pavement damage potential associated with different levels of axle load and pavement temperature. In this paper a toll station is proposed that calculates toll rates as a function of the pavement damage potential of the vehicles. Different road-use scenarios are analysed, showing that differences in payload and pavement temperature induce pavement damage potential ratios of 40 to 1.

Keywords: asphalt; toll stations; dynamic loads; intelligent transportation systems; pavement damage; strain energy; toll rates; heavy vehicles.

DOI: 10.1504/IJHVS.2006.009119

International Journal of Heavy Vehicle Systems, 2006 Vol.13 No.1/2, pp.98 - 106

Published online: 02 Mar 2006 *

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