Economic justification of electronic toll collection system

Abstract

Transportation is the backbone of our economy. Advancement in transportation will lead to lifestyle
characterized by extraordinary moments of people, immense trade in manufactured of good. Manual or automatic toll
collection system as many drawbacks compared to electronic toll collection system like it needs collector to collect the
amount at a toll booth, delay in time, traffic congestion, more fuel consumption, longer queue of traffic. All these points
are eliminated in electronic toll collection system. Electronic toll collection is cost effective, it provides better audit
control, less delay of time, shorter queue of traffic, less fuel consumption, use of sms service instead of receipts. The
development of electronic toll collection holds the promise of providing revolutionary improvements in speed, efficiency,
time, fuel consumption, operating cost, long queue lengths. This system determines whether passing vehicle is registered
or not. ETC system can improve the traffic flow to the toll area. ETC system based on RFID technology is mainly used in
India