GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM BASED TOLL ROAD PRICING

摘要

A toll system for a set of road portions where tolls are set on a per vehicle and per journey basis. Each time a given vehicle plans to take a journey the tolls are computed for that vehicle and for that journey, and the amount of the tolls are set based, at least in part, on the characteristics of the vehicle and/or the planned journey. This can incentivize more socially desirable traffic flows.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
collecting demand information representing estimated usage of a plurality of roads by a plurality of vehicles, with each road including at least one road portion; and determining a plurality of sets of tolls with each set of tolls: (i) respectively corresponding to a specific respective vehicle of the plurality of vehicles, (ii) including tolls for each road portion of the plurality of roads, and (iii) being based, at least in part, upon the estimated usage; wherein: at least the determination of a plurality of sets of tolls is performed by a machine using machine logic.