Highway Toll System Theory and Methods

Author: Liu Weiming
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Publish Date: 2003-11-01
Features: The toll collection system in this book is an interdisciplinary field involving transportation engineering, transportation economics, management, computer technology, communication technology, and electronic technology. To date, there has not been a complete theoretical and methodological system for it. This book combines the practical experience of highway construction in China and summarizes the theoretical research and engineering practice achievements of the authors in this field. Its main contents include: the theoretical foundation of toll road policies and toll collection methods; toll collection systems, toll collection formats, and toll collection methods; the capacity of toll plazas and the optimization design of toll stations; the calculation of toll standards and the analysis of influencing factors; an introduction to highway toll collection systems and network structures; software design for toll collection systems; the reliability and security of toll collection systems; toll surveillance systems; as well as the evaluation and decision-making of toll collection systems. This book can serve as an important reference for research, management, design, and product development of toll collection systems in highways. It can also be used as a textbook and reference for graduate students and senior undergraduate students in relevant fields.