Introduction of electronic toll collection (ETC) system, commonly called FASTag in India, aims to decrease service time, delay, and vehicular emissions. The present study attempted to evaluate the success of FASTag over manual toll collection (MTC) under mixed lane traffic while considering service time as a measure of effectiveness. The results showed that the service time for FASTag lane varies from 0.12 second (s) to 13.12 s while for MTC lane 2.36 s to 45.36 s. It is also observed that there is significant difference in service time with vehicle class in case of MTC and FASTag lane. Service time is minimum for a small car (SC) and maximum for the trailer when the vehicle passes through MTC lane. Further, the study revealed that with the use of FASTag lane, the average service time decreases by 77 percent. This ultimately reveals that a reduction in service time increases the throughput. The average increase in capacity is observed as about by 318 percent due to FASTag implementation. Further, the service time-based tollbooth equivalency factors (STEF) are developed in the present study for the conversion of the different vehicle class into a standard vehicle, i.e., standard car. The STEF value ranges between 0.89 and 1.43 for the MTC lane and from 0.78 to 1.06 for the FASTag lane. Thus, the present study output will be used to check the capacity, level-of-service and pollution level at toll plazas due to implementation of FASTag system.
Effectiveness of FASTag System for Toll Payment in India
2021-06-16
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Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
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