![[Valid Atom 1.0]](valid-atom.png "Validate my Atom 1.0 feed")
Automatic Tolling... * India ... A non-starter
New Delhi,India -Press Trust Of India/Business Standard -December 14, 2009: -- The ambitious plan to install high-tech automatic toll collection systems on the highways to check massive revenue leakage has been delayed as the private developers are not keen to import these machines... The three pilot projects for the electronic toll collection (ETC) system, sources said, could not take off as scheduled in October, and had been deferred by about six months... Another reason for the delay is the lack of expertise on the part of the concessionaires about the ETC system, the official said, adding they were undecided about the technology to be used and also the place to source the equipment from... The Panipat-Jalandhar, Surat-Dahisar and Gurgaon-Kathputli stretches are the three identified sectors for installing the machines on a pilot basis... Once implemented, the pilot project will be evaluated by an expert committee over a period of six months and then the system would be gradually rolled out nationwide. Under the ETC system, the toll amount is automatically debited from a chip attached to a vehicle once it crosses toll plazas... The three pilot projects will adopt different technologies —microwaves, infra red and radio frequency — of which the most adaptable for a nationwide rollout will be selected by the committee... (Photo from irdinc: Toll Site Layout)
Labels: tolls roads debate
posted by Unknown @ 10:31 AM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home