Title

Safety aspects at toll plaza equipped with automatic vehicle identification technology

Keywords

AVI; ITS; Toll Plaza; Traffic Safety

Abstract

The use of Automatic Vehicle Identification (AVI) technology could reflect enhanced safety and have a high influence on traffic safety concerns at toll plazas. Addressing safety issues with and without this technology in use at toll plazas is important to evaluate the benefits gained by installing such a technology. With a large number of vehicles traveling through toll plazas, there is a great potential for crashes. This paper investigates the potential safety problems occurring at the toll plaza area specially after installing an AVI technology. Observations were made at one of the busiest ten toll plazas on the Orlando-Orange County expressway, Holland East Toll Plaza. Using police crash reports over a period of three and half years, safety problems are addressed by evaluating the crash data before and after the installation of an AVI technology known as E-PASS at this plaza. Implementing AVI technology, selecting locations of dedicated AVI lanes, AVI subscription rate, traffic demand, plaza geometry, and the variety of payment methods at toll plazas may have a high influence on traffic safety concerns at toll plazas. Long gradual diverge, installing variable message signs, proper plaza configuration, and some other considerations could be the solution to overcome the potential safety problems within the toll plaza area. The use of AVI technology was proven to be an excellent solution to several traffic operation problems including capacity and delays at toll plazas. However, this should not digress us from addressing several safety concerns at toll plazas.

Publication Date

12-1-1998

Publication Title

Proceedings, Annual Conference - Canadian Society for Civil Engineering

Volume

4 C

Number of Pages

213-225

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

Socpus ID

33645038218 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/33645038218

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