ITS Euskadi congress -“Tolling in Portugal “

Nov 2012António Amador aamador@brisa.pt

• Brisa Innovation

• Portugal Highways network

• Payment forms

• Evolution of Toll Plazzas

• Electronic Tolls only

• Conclusion

Agenda

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Brisa

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Brisa Innovation

Value Chain

Research Development Production Installation Maintenance

Research projects Co-financing using

national and international (EU, U.S.) funds

Proof-of-concept

Project and solutions development

Licensing through third parties or direct licensing inside and outside Brisa Group

New Product Development

Production and installation projects of equipment in road concessions and other infrastructure

Installation Projects

Maintenance services for road concessions

Maintenance services for ETC applications in parksand access control

Maintenance Activities

Consulting Services

Consulting activities in the different areas present at the value chain

Consulting Projects

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Portugal Highways network

First toll : 1961

First dedicatedelectronic lanes: 1991

2800 Km

Traditional Tollfacilities

Electronic Tollsonly

Brisa network

Portugal highways

Four classes basedon number ofaxles and high atfirst axle

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Portugal Highways network

A B C(A+B+C) $

A $

B $

Closed Toll roads through diferentconcessions

Open Toll Road (urban)

Closed Toll Road (interurban)

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Payment means evolution

Manual Toll Collection

- Cash

- Bank cards (debit and credit cards)

Electronic Toll Collection

- From Passive tags , active LDR tags and today EN15509 MDR tags

- The actual readers support both LDR and MDR

- DSRC 5.8GHZ first only in exclusive lanes and some years afteralso in manual lanes

Automatic cash machines

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Manual lanes

- Toll plaza with tollbooths

- Barriers

- Cash

- Bank cards

- Also ETC (must stop)

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Automatic lanes

- DSRC 5.8 GHz

- More than 2 millions OBU’s LDR andMDR

- DSRC technology vendorindependence

- More than 200 dedicated lanes , onlyallowed to cars with OBU’s and a valid contract

- Enforcement by phototolling

- Black list and white lists

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Automatic cash lanes

Automatic cash machines

- Cash, coins and notes

- Bank cards

- And also ETC

By 2011 were installed approx. 300 machines

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Bank cards workflow

- Manual Tolling

- Automatic cash machinesSIBS

Banco do Concessionário da

Auto-estrada

Banco do Emissor/Representante

do cartão

Rede de Comunicações

Débito Crédito

Emissor /

Representante

do Cartão

Ficheiros

Concessionário

da Auto-estrada

Ficheiro

Centro da

Portagem

Portagem

Toll

SIBS

Bankconcession

Bank card

Concession

card

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Traditional concessions today

More than 80% of transactions, at Brisa concessions, are unmanned, drivers use mostly ETC lanes and Automatic cash Lanes

Nevertheless, cash will continue in traditional concessionswhile legislation imposes cash payment as an alternative

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Electronic Tolls Only

The widespread of new concessions in the last fifteen years, lead to the implementation of the electronic toll system.

This solution offered great advantages in terms of less investment, efficiency, convenience and safety, not only in the payments but also in the travels.

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Electronic Tolls Only

The electronic identification of the vehicle happens when it is crossing the point of collection.

This ensures greater speed of circulation, improved road safety and reduction of environmental impacts in terms of CO2 emissions and noise.

Only the electronic payment is allowed, without the possibility of manual payment on site.

All lanes with electronic toll only, are properly identified in advance, through a signpost.

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Electronic Tolls Only

A22Via Infante de Sagres (VLA)

A27Viana do Castelo - NogueiraA28Porto - Viana do Castelo

A4Sendim - Águas SantasA41Freixieiro (A28) - Aeroporto - Maia - Alfena - Ermida (A42)A42Ermida (A41) - Paços de Ferreira – LousadaVariante EN 107 (VRI)Aeroporto (A41) - A4

LUSOSCUT - Auto-Estradas do Grande Porto, S.A.

EUROSCUT - Soc. Concessionária da Scut do Algarve, S.A.

EUROSCUT Norte – Soc. Concessionária da Scut Norte Litoral, S.A.

LUSOSCUT Costa de Prata, S.A.

A17Aveiro (A25) – MiraA25Aveiro (Barra) - Albergaria (A1)A44Coimbrões - ER.1-18A29ER.1-18 - Miramar - Ovar - Estarreja

NORSCUT - Concessionária de Auto-Estradas, S.A

A24Castro Daire Sul (Carvalhal) - Castro Daire Norte, Reconcos (Bigorne), Régua, Vila Real

A23Abrantes - Guarda

SCUTVIAS - Auto-Estradas da Beira Interior

A25Albergaria (A1) - Viseu - Mangualde - Guarda - Vilar Formoso

LUSOSCUT das Beiras Litoral e Alta, S.A.

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A23 – Beira Interior

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A22 - Algarve

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Electronic Tolls Only

No speed variation.

Security of the sites

Classification of vehicles is a challenge due to the physical parameters necessary to acquire.

Car detection and classification

Laser

<>±5

0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000280

290

300

310

320

330

340

350

360

370

Dis

tancia

cm

8 segundos ( 3.5/volta)

Tensão 2volts

Laser

approach

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Electronic Tolls Only

ConcessionBackoffice

VVP Tag issuer

CTT Portuguese Post office

• Tag with contract• Anonymous VVP

tags

• Photo• Anonymous

CTT tags

Collection Point

The client has a time periodto pay

Debit into Bank’s account client

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Payment

Electronic vehicle On Board Unit

- With a contract associated with Via Verde (post-payment)

- Without a contract, anonymous and always a pre-payment

Without electronic device

- Lincense plate extracted from the captured photo.

- Post payment from the second day of the passage andduring five working days in any Portuguese Post Office store (CTT) or Payshop store (more than 4000)

- The tax has an increase due to administrative costs

- Note: While in traditional tolls a photo is always associatedto enforcement in Electronic tolls it can be a way ofpayment.

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Payment

EASYTOLL

- Tourists and immigrants

- Associate a License plate to a credit card (Visa orMastercard)

- The association is valid for 30 days.

TOLLSERVICE

The driver can buy a prepaid ticket, ready to use, with a fixed charge of €20, with unlimited use for 3 days.

This system only applies to light vehicles. Acquisition of pre-paid tickets with previously defined journeys:

Journey from Spain - Porto Airport, via A28 or A41 (round trip).

Journey from Spain - Faro Airport via A22 (round trip).

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Payment

VIA VERDE VISITORS

- For frequent stays, the driver may rent a Temporary ‘Via Verde Visitors' Device.

- Cost of rental: € 6 in the first week, and 1.5 € for each week after that;

- Initial deposit € 27.50 (value refunded upon return of the device);

- Consumption depending on use;

- Validity period of 90 days, extendable for an equal period whenever a new minimum preload is made before the expiration of that period.

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Payment

TOLLCARD

- The TOLLCard is activated through an SMS, with a fixedamount to be consumed depending on circulation.

- This solution allows payment in cash or with bankcard, is validfor one year and your balance can be found on the Internet. Itis aimed at tourists and immigrants. The driver can buy a pre-loaded card with 5, 10, 20 or 40 €.

- The driver shall proceed to its activation by sending an SMS bymobile phone with the code printed on the card and the licenseplate of the vehicle (instructions on the card), so that it isassociated with the license plate of the vehicle. You canactivate more than one card, with the accumulation ofbalances.

- The activated balances will be consumed depending on theuse of highways with electronic toll collection only.

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Electronic Tolls Conclusion

It seems that , henceforth, in Portugal new concessions will use thistechnology.

Increase the use of OBU in order to reduce administrative work isimportant, this surely will be the elected means to pay tolls, in a nearfuture.

Interoperability with Spain and other countries will also happen.

- In the north of Portugal it is running a pilot where spanish OBU’s are used

- Easytoll and Visitoll can be good options for tourists

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References

http://www.portugaltolls.pt/en/

http://www.siev.pt

http://www.brisainnovation.com/en

ITS Euskadi congress -“Tolling in Portugal”

Nov 2012

Thank you !

António Amador aamador@brisa.pt