Variable rate toll system
First Claim
1. A method for determining a varying toll charge for use of a toll segment of a road, said road including said toll segment and a non-toll segment, said road being designed whereby drivers of vehicles are enabled to use either said toll segment or said non-toll segment to travel between first and second locations, said method comprising:
- determining an average speed for vehicles traveling on said toll segment of said road;
determining an average speed for vehicles traveling on said non-toll segment of said road;
determining a difference between said average speed for vehicles traveling on said toll segment and said average speed for vehicles traveling on said non-toll segment; and
using said difference in calculating a toll charge for vehicles using said toll segment, said calculating being accomplished by a computer device.
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Abstract
A method and system are provided in which average vehicle speeds of tolled and non-tolled road segments between two locations are monitored and saved for reference in providing dynamic adjustment of the toll amount to be charged for use of the tolled segment in order to insure an efficient use of the tolled segment and a determination of an appropriate toll amount to be charged drivers in the tolled segment in view of real time traffic conditions of the tolled and the non-tolled segment. The toll adjustments are determined based upon the difference between actual average speeds of the tolled segment and actual average speeds of the non-tolled segment such that the toll adjustments are dynamic and depend upon real time traffic conditions in both the tolled and non-tolled segments of the travel route.
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8 Claims
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1. A method for determining a varying toll charge for use of a toll segment of a road, said road including said toll segment and a non-toll segment, said road being designed whereby drivers of vehicles are enabled to use either said toll segment or said non-toll segment to travel between first and second locations, said method comprising:
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determining an average speed for vehicles traveling on said toll segment of said road; determining an average speed for vehicles traveling on said non-toll segment of said road; determining a difference between said average speed for vehicles traveling on said toll segment and said average speed for vehicles traveling on said non-toll segment; and using said difference in calculating a toll charge for vehicles using said toll segment, said calculating being accomplished by a computer device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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