E-payment~slides Presentation

My background

TNK052 Intelligent transport systems

Electronic Payment Systems and Electronic Toll Collection Clas Rydergren, [email protected]

• Clas Rydergren – – – – –

Masters degree in mathematics, 1995 Ph.D. in Optimization, 2001 Started at ITN/LiU Norrköping in 2002 Lecturer/Researcher Director of studies for some of the KTS and ITS program courses and all math courses.

– Teaches courses in Optimization and Traffic modeling

Agenda

What is ITS? “The application of informed technology to transport operations in order to reduce operating costs, improve safety and maximize the capacity of existing infrastructure.” • Travel and transportation management – Driver information, route guidance etc.

• Travel demand management – Pre-trip information etc.

• Public transport operations – En-route information, personalized transports etc.

• Electronic payment

• Commercial vehicle operations – Electronic clearance, safety monitoring etc.

• Emergency management – Emergency notification, emergency vehicle management

• Advanced vehicle control and safety systems – Collision avoidance, safety readiness etc

• Short introduction • Enabler: Electronic payment systems (EPS) – Transit; bus and rail payment systems – Parking systems – Tolling systems

• Application: Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) systems – Congestion pricing – Tolling heavy goods vehicles (HGV)

• Aim: Give an introduction and overview of the literature for pricing and electronic payments

– Electronic toll collection (ETC) and parking payment (EPS)

Main applications of electronic payment systems in transportation

• Electronic system for paying public transport fares

• Public transport payments – Stripe cards/Smart cards

• Parking payments

Public transportation payments

Combined at Park’n’Ride

– Stripe cards/Smart cards/Mobile payment

• Tolling (congestion pricing and heavy vehicle taxation) – Transponders/Camera/Mobile communication

• Idea of electronic payments: More convenient, more cost efficient and more flexible • Payments as a mean for regulating traffic and transports

• Increase customer convenience • Increase traveler throughput – Lower boarding times – Buses: Lower driver stress

• Lower maintenance costs (than other payment alternatives) • More flexible fare policies (especially with e-wallets) • Avoid money handling problems/robbery

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Parking payments

EPS in tolling systems

• Electronic or mobile system for payment of parking fees • • • • • • •

Reduce parking revenue collection costs Increase parking meter up-time Reduce parking meter theft and vandalism More flexible pricing (remote) Convenience Park and ride (same card for parking and p.t.) Combined with parking management systems

• Tolling as a mean for road financing – Charge used for financing highways and bridges – Examples are the Öresunds- and Svinnesunds-bridges, car tolling in Oslo, Norway etc. – Manual payments still in use (toll booths)

• Congestion charging – Payments as a mean for efficient road usage and mobility management – Require fast payments without stopping the car – Payment may vary depending on vehicle type and time of day

• Tolling of heavy goods vehicles – Alternative to manual road taxation of trucks – Kilometer based charging for transport of goods

• Why EPS?

Hardware requirements • • • •

On-line or off-line systems Centralized or decentralized computer system High speed transactions (tolling) Clearinghouse for PIN encryption, card authentication and transaction validation

Future demand for car use Sweden

Congestion charging: overview • • • • • •

Car use and increase in mobility Why congestion charging? Systems and infrastructure Setting the toll level Implementations in Europe Stockholm field trial 2006

Road congestion and mobility management • Cities with much car traffic experience congestion • During congestion, the road network is operating at far from maximal capacity • Using congestion pricing, the demand for car transports can be controlled such that the road network operates close to capacity • Car congestion pricing requires efficient alternative transportation modes: buses, trams, underground, etc.

Technologies for charging (in order of flexibility):

Sources: SIKA, 2005

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Transponder-based user charging

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Video-based user charging

Vehicle account number is transferred or an electronic fee is directly transferred from the on-board unit (OBU) to roadside system Charge is levied or account number validated and sent to the processing office License plate details of unequipped or those not paying the correct charge are recorded

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High speed requirements – communicate with car at 160km/h

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Time differentiated charges Usually located as a “toll ring” around inner city

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Usually located as a “toll ring” around inner city, charged when passing “toll portals” Image of license plates are recorded. Read automatically, or when difficulties occur, manually (identification from photos) License plate of non-registered vehicles are recorded Time differentiated charges Driver registers his/her intent to use roads within the charging cordon prior to setting out on journey (register license), or pay when invoiced.

Source: Blythe, 2005

Mobile positioning-based user charging

Source: Blythe, 2005

When is congestion pricing good? Benefit Paybacks/tax reductions Value of time gain

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On-board unit calculates position and/or distance traveled and matches to digital map of charged roads On-board unit periodically transmit to control/enforcement stations and sent to processing office License plate details of unequipped vehicles are recorded by camera

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Enables distance and location based charges

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Adaptation costs (Anpassningskostnader) Toll charges

Source: Blythe, 2005

Setting the toll level: Marginal cost pricing Individual travel cost/time

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Lets say that, at the current traffic flow of 1000 cars/hour, one additional car makes the travel time 0.1 second larger. This results in social marginal cost of 1000*0.1=100 in larger total time. By marginal cost pricing, the external costs are added to the individual travelers in form of a monetary cost.

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Setting the toll level Unit cost, U

Demand curve Marginal social cost

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Total cost: C(f ) = f c(f ) Marginal cost: C 0 (f ) = c(f ) + f c 0 (f )

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Congestion pricing vs. road tolls

Implementations of congestion pricing in Europe

Toll

• London, England • Stockholm, Sweden (presided by unique trial) • Revenue used for investments in public transport alternatives (and road infrastructure expansion)

Travel demand, d(t), and link travel time, t(d) [modeling congestion]. The marginal cost pricing toll is 0.93 (resulting in 1361 cars/h). The revenue maximizing toll is 7.57 (resulting in 741 cars/h). Toll revenue

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Sweden: Stockholmsförsöket

Stockholmsförsöket • Field test results

• Congestion charging field trial 3 January to 31 June 2006 • Extended public transport 22 August 2005 to 31 December 2006 • Referendum on permanent implementation, September 2006

– 20% reduction in car flows – Doubling peek hour speeds – Marginal(?) increase in traffic going around/outside the tolled region (Essingeleden) – Small increase in the use of Park-n-ride.

• Technology: Transponderbased toll collection with video enforcement system • Aim: reduced congestion, increased accessibility, improved environment Source: Stockholmsforsoket.se

Results from the referendum

Source: Stockholmsforsoket.se

Estimated economic results of a permanent congestion charging system in Stockholm • Rémy Prud’homme and Pierre Kopp, August 24, 2006, University Paris XII and University Paris I (Sorbonne) – “Overall, costs outweight the very real benefits of the toll by nearly 900 MSEK per year”

• Jonas Eliasson, Transek AB: – ”Our analysis shows that the Stockholm system yields a large social surplus, well enough to cover both investment and operational costs.”

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Revised Stockholm system

Electronic tolling of HGVs: Overview • • • • •

• Video cameras is used for the identification of cars • Revenue mostly used for financing of new road infrastructure • Suggestions on minor changes in toll levels, toll cordon design, and in payment and exemption rules • Still an expensive system, mostly due to the extreme requirements on the level of service

Estimated demand for transport of goods Sweden

Increased demand for road transports History of heavy vehicle tolling Infrastructure for kilometer based charging Enforcement systems Revenue use

History of charging for heavy vehicle transports • Eurovignette system for heavy vehicle tolling – Usage based taxation (over 12 tonnes) – Based on manual reports from transport companies – Only applicable to a few major roads in Sweden, Denmark, Holland, Belgium and Germany

• Other HGV charging elements – Fuel price, Fuel duty, vehicle tax (annual charge)

• Germany introduced its own system (Toll Collect) – Introduced 1 January 2005 – Positioning-based kilometer charging – On major roads, flexible Source: SIKA, 2005

The EC directives towards efficient road transport taxes • EC policy (2001-) on fair and efficient pricing of transports • Taxes and charges shall reflect socio-economic marginal costs – Toll charge levied based on truck weight and environmental classification. Toll level to cover road wear and road expansion. – Differentiated toll levels for heavy vehicle management – encourage trucks to use larger and safer roads

• Current road transport taxes based on flat fee • EC directives favor kilometer charges for road use for heavy vehicle transports

Toll Collect system • • • • • • •

German federal government decided to introduce distance based HGV tolling in 1999 System activated 1 January 2005, has worked since then “without any problems” Tolls apply to vehicle > 12 tonnes Position-based kilometer charging, 12.4 euro cent per kilometer Tolling on “autobahns” only, smaller road closed for HGVs Around 1.2-1.4 million vehicles of which 500k has OBUs Toll revenue for financing of road, rail, inland waterways

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Roadside equipment and enforcement

Vehicle equipment • OBU with GPS and GSM • Automatic detection of toll road and charges on entrance • Information registered in OBU (location and speed) is encrypted and sent to centralized host using GSM • OBUs are provided free of charge to transport companies

• Enforcement needed to make sure the system is effective • Stationary portals with DSRC and video/license plate recognition • Mobile control units

HGV tolling in Sweden • In planning stage, in use around 2012?

Authorities provide price list and receives declared route

• Toll for HGVs > 3.5 tonnes

Implementations in Europe •

Germany: – Toll Collect – Introduced 1 January 2005 – Positioning-based system

• Applicable on all public roads

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Light OBU with GPS and GSM in truck to register trajectory

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UK:

– Estimated introduction 2012 – Positioning-based system

Switzerland: – – – –

Payment agent declare route and calculate tax

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– Cancelled

Introduced 1 January 2001 Kilometer charge on all roads Transponder-based charging Toll level dependent on vehicle emissions, vehicle weight

Austria: – Introduced 1 January 2004 – Transponder-based charging

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France, Portugal, Spain, Italy: – Highway tolls, stickers/manual

Enforcement?

Revenue use from HGV tolling • Switzerland: Financing of infrastructure, improve rail network, shift transports from road to rail • Austria: Financing of road infrastructure • Germany: Financing of road, rail, inland waterways • Sweden: Financing of road wear, reduce emissions, increase safety

ETC and interoperability • Commercially, interoperability does not pay off – Costly for operators – HGVs can use manual system, without EPS, at the same cost

• Unlike GSM roaming, the ETC systems in operation are very different in – Charging concept and technology – Tariffs – Legal issues

• Interoperability does not have a high priority today

Source: Tango Collect, 2003

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Future: Interoperable road user charging

Future: Ad hoc network-based user charging

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Source: IBM, 2005

Future: Privacy and security

Summary

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Network communication “mote” unit on-board communicates with mote on, for example, lamp posts and calculates distance traveled Data is downloaded at predetermined points, when storage is full or charge limit is reached License plate details on unequipped vehicles or those not paying the correct charge are recorded by video Enables distance and location based charges

Source: Blythe, 2005

Future: Privacy and security

Sources for this presentation Blomberg, I., and Poersch, R., Tango Collect: Analysis of current situation on road charging for HGVs in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Great Britain and Netherlands, Tango Collect Report 3, 2003.

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Overview of electronic payment applications Congestion pricing Tolling of heavy goods vehicles The future of road user charging and electronic payments

Blythe, P.T., (2005) Congestion charging: Technical options for the delivery of future UK policy, Transportation Research A, 39, 2005. Driving the future of road user charging: deeper, IBM White paper, 2005. Gustafsson, I., and Schelin E., Tango Collect: Differentiated kilometre charges as a driving force for implementing telematics for heavy goods vehicles. Final Report Tango Collect, 2004. Johansson, B and Mattson, L-G., Principles of road pricing, TRITA-IP AR 94-9, Working paper, KTH, 1994. Prognoser för person- och godstransporter år 2020, SIKA Rapport 2005:10, 2005. Stockholmsförsöket, Analysgruppens sammanfattning, February 2005, From www.stockholmsforsoket.se Toll Collect, User Information, 2006. From www.toll-collect.de Jonas Eliasson, Cost-benefit analysis of the Stockholm congestion charging system, http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTTRANSPORT/Resources/StockholmcongestionCBAEliassonn.pdf

Prud’homme, R., and Kopp, P, The Stockholm toll: an economic evaluation, http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTTRANSPORT/Resources/3362911153409213417/StckhlmCngstPrudhommepaper.pdf

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