[sustran] The Costs of ETC Systems

[Virginia SAPKOTA - imm_staff]

Hello Everyone!

I am a PhD student at the University of Western Australia undertaking a
research on the viability of congestion pricing and ETC systems as a demand
management tool in medium-sized, low-density city.  Currently, I am doing a
literature review on the cost components of the ETC systems, namely;
implementation cost, administrative cost, maintenance cost, and replacement
cost.  Also, the reason why a particular AVI/ETC technology is chosen.

I would be glad to hear from anyone who are presently operating ETC
systems, and from those who have undertaken pilot studies.  I would greatly
appreciate your kind assistance.  Also,  I would greatly appreciate if
anyone knows of any paper or publication that covers the above topic.  

Thanking in anticipation of your kind assistance, and my apology for any
cross posting.



Yours sincerely

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Virginia Sapkota            	  	
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Dept of Information Management  & Marketing             
The University of Western Australia                              
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