Modes of operation of toll gate lanes on toll roads

Managing the Nepa Process for Toll Lanes and Toll Roads

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Effect of Off-peak Hour Toll Reduction on Toll Roads

Modeling Toll Lanes and Dynamic Pricing Control

In this paper we address the problem of dynamic pricing for toll lanes on freeways. The proposed toll mechanism is broken up into two parts: (1) the supply side feedback control that computes the desired split ratios for the incoming traffic flows between the general purpose and the toll lanes; and (2) the demand side price setting algorithm that aims to enforce the computed split ratios. The s...

Pricing Toll Roads under Uncertainty

We study the toll pricing problem when the non-toll costs on the network are not fixed and can vary over time. We assume that users who take their decisions, after the tolls are fixed, have full information of all costs before making their decision. Toll-setter, on the other hand, do not have any information of the future costs on the network. The only information toll-setter have is historical...

Optimal Dynamic Pricing Strategies for High- Occupancy/Toll Lanes

This paper proposes a self-learning approach to determine optimal pricing strategies for high-occupancy/toll lane operations. The approach learns recursively motorists’ willingness to pay by mining the loop detector data, and then specifies toll rates to maximize the freeway’s throughput while ensuring a superior travel service to the users of the toll lanes. In determination of the tolls, a mu...