Title

Applications of queuing models to Electronic Toll Collection

Keywords

AVI; ETC; ETTM; Queue; Toll

Abstract

Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) via Automatic Vehicle Identification (AVI) technology has significantly altered traffic operations during toll collection. In particular, the value of the average processing rate of a lane providing both ETC service as well as a traditional service, fluctuates over the rush hour between the average value of the processing rate of the traditional service and the capacity of the ETC service. This study develops a queuing model to address the changing processing rates for the different mixed lanes. The model is applied to the westbound 9-lane portion of the Holland East Plaza in Orlando, Florida. Data is evaluated for 6 different rush hours that include 3 different configuration patterns implemented over a period of 3 years. In the first configuration, only the traditional toll collection services are provided. In another configuration, all traditional lanes become mixed to include ETC except for the center lane, which becomes a lane dedicated solely to ETC service. In a final configuration, two lanes become dedicated to ETC service. A calibration factor between 1.15 and 1.19 corrects the predicted delay. A plaza delay sensitivity analysis is performed on each of the model's input variables.

Publication Date

12-1-1998

Publication Title

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volume

3207

Number of Pages

11-22

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1117/12.300862

Socpus ID

57649199758 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/57649199758

This document is currently not available here.

Share

COinS