Smart Toll Collection System Using ZIGBEE and RFID

Abstract

As a survey stated by Amit Gupta almost 15 crores vehicles utilize national highways around India, and if on average each vehicle have to wait idly for 10 minutes in toll booths it results in a loss of Thousand two seventy two crore a day. The issues involved in manual toll collection involves hurdles like exact change, system malfunction at times, staff changeover per duty and manual imperfections. It is proposed to implement smart card named INDIA-Pass compatible with other transportation services used in India. But it is highly appreciable to arrive with a solution explicitly for automated toll collection. One such solution is proposed in this paper, an automated toll collection system with wireless transceiver and cloud-local hybrid database maintenance. In automated toll collection system, the driver does not need to stop at the toll gate and one neither have to stand still in a long line to pay his entry fee. Though it sounds simple the proposed method decreases the utilisation of fuel, lessen street blockage, enhance street security and make travelling a pleasure for all. This paper introduce the idea of gateless computerized ETC (Electronic Toll Collection) utilizing ZIGBEE handset with RFID. ZIGBEE mechanized ETC can eliminate human intervention in manual toll collection and consequently bring down the cost of activity.