Project Name:

Project Details: KYTC/INDOT RiverLink Tolling

Description:

The new tolling system is in effect in each direction, to/from Kentucky and to/from Indiana. Toll rates depend on the size of the vehicle, determined by the number of axles and the height of the vehicle. Drivers with transponders and prepaid RiverLink accounts pay the lowest rates. The operation is all-electronic tolling, with no cash tolls. Drivers must set up a prepaid RiverLink account to get a transponder, or use an E-Z Pass transponder. Drivers without accounts and transponders receive an invoice in the mail.

Status:

Planned

Timeframe:

Short

Geographic Scope:

Kentucky and Indiana

Service Scope

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Project Inventory:

Basic Information Broadcast

• The center shall disseminate toll fee information to travelers.

Toll Administration

• The center shall support toll transactions by commercial fleet operators.
• The center shall manage the details of toll payment violations based on vehicle information from the toll plaza, registration information from the Department of Motor Vehicles, invalid payment information from a Financial Institution, and previous violation information stored locally, and report such violations to appropriate law enforcement agencies.
• The center shall manage a local billing database for toll customers.
• For electronic toll payments requiring financial payment, the center shall process the financial information from toll plazas and manage an interface to a Financial Institution.
• The center shall dynamically price tolls based on current traffic condition information.
• The center shall manage toll transactions, including maintaining a log of all transactions and toll pricing structure information.

Toll Plaza Toll Collection

• In the case of closed toll systems, the field element shall update the vehicle on-board data with the system entry point, and upon toll system exit, use the stored data in the calculation of the toll.
• The field element shall read the credit identity from the passing vehicle and send that identity and the amount to be debited to a center.
• The field element shall update the stored value after debiting the toll amount and send a record of the transaction to a center.
• The field element shall calculate the toll due based on the vehicle characteristics (vehicle size, weight, axle count, etc.) and stored toll prices.
• The field element shall read data from passing vehicles to support toll payment transactions.

Vehicle Toll/Parking Interface

• The vehicle shall provide an interface with the traveler card / payment instrument carried on-board the vehicle - to exchange identity information and payment transactions.
• The vehicle shall respond to requests from toll collection equipment for credit identity, stored value card cash, etc.