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U.S. Department of Transportation
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Electronic Tolling/Payment cont’d
Stakeholders/Users
Benefits
Toll Road Authority
·New revenue sources.
·Accurate real-time demand estimation. 
·Real-time traffic prediction and incident detection.
·More flexible pricing (time, conditions, location).
State DOT
oBetter prediction of toll road traffic affecting adjacent facilities and roads from real-time traffic data. 
Users
§Increased safety at toll plazas.
§Less congestion, lower travel times. 
§No need for multiple devices to travel cross country. 
Risks
Transitioning from existing wireless systems to connected vehicle could be complicated.  Overlapping the technologies in time may pose technical challenges and a sudden transition may pose marketing and management challenges.
Because the billing process may identify the vehicle there is the same need to protect privacy as with existing systems.

Other Considerations

   Owner/Operator versus Participator
Participating in a Core allows the toll road authority to track and communicate with all equipped vehicles on its network.
Also enable the sale of aggregated traffic data.
Owning and operating a Core System would, allow for greater control of specialty applications for traffic control and road pricing as well as more control over reliability.

   Outstanding Questions
Where wireless toll collection already exists, is there a compelling business model for connected vehicle?
Do the traffic control and pricing benefits outweigh the transition costs?