Method for Rationalising the Operational Process of a Manual Motorway Toll Collection System.

Zbigniew Kasprzyk,Mirosław Siergiejczyk,Mariusz Rychlicki

doi:10.3390/s21103497

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Abstract

The article presents the verification of a developed method of rationalising the process of the operation of a manual toll collection (MTC) system on the basis of current operation tests. The review of the state of art and research on the operation of the manual toll collection system prompted the authors to develop their own method of rationalising the operation process of the manual toll collection system. The method enabled the development of an original application facilitating the process of manual toll collection system. The application makes it possible to determine the key indicator—the readiness index for the employed operation strategy of the analysed toll collection station and the readiness index for the employed operation strategy of the analysed group of toll collection stations. Additionally, the application enables an analysis of the capacity and the service assessment by motorway users. The use of the software system together with the developed method was implemented on a real toll plaza. This action allowed for the analysis and implementation of an adequate MTC service strategy. The results of the research and analysis are presented in the summary and conclusions.

Highlights

The purpose of the reliability analysis carried out in [14] was to obtain the forecasted reliability parameters, which were used to control the reliability of the manual toll collection (MTC) system in the form of a grouping of toll collection stations
Intensity of waiting for exchangeable modules for the toll station. The collection of this data allows for the determination of parameters, in the form of readiness indicators of the toll collection station and grouping of positions, determining the strategy of maximizing the readiness ratio taking into account:
Reducing the volume of vehicle traffic can be achieved by increasing the toll, practice shows that this is a short-term action and always poorly received by motorway users

Summary

A Developed Method for Rationalising the Operational Process of a Manual

The purpose of the reliability analysis carried out in [14] was to obtain the forecasted reliability parameters, which were used to control the reliability of the MTC system in the form of a grouping of toll collection stations. The analysis of the operation process of the MTC system presented below helps define the system operation strategy in the form of appropriate organisational activities aimed at maintaining the system in the required reliability and readiness state. In connection with the above, it was concluded that the Markov process model discrete in states and continuous in time, will be the appropriate type of model to describe the operation process of the manual toll collection system. It is characterised by a finite or countable number of process states where the parameter t (time) changes continuously and the transition from one state to another is possible at any time. They seem sufficient for a practical assessment of the operation process of the tested system

Model and Description of the Operation Process of the MTC System

Graph showing the impact ofcollection a toll collection replaceable demand

Summary and Conclusions