Toll collection system in the Republic of Slovenia

1. Toll collection system in the Republic of Slovenia Lado Prah Managing Director

2. Basic facts about SLOVENIA • Area: 20.273 sq. km • Population: 2.011.600 • GDP per capita: 13.807 € (2005) • Settlements: cca. 6.000 • Capital: Ljubljana, 264.000 inhabitants • Motorway: 465 km • Public road - total: 6.280 km • Local road: 13.811 km • AADT: 24.000 vehicles per day

3. Network integration into TEN • 5th European Corridor: • Trieste (I) – Koper – • Ljubljana – Budapest (H) • 386 km in Slovenia • 10th European Corridor: • Villach(A)–TunnelKaravanke-Ljubljana – Zagreb (HR) – Thessalonica (G) • 177 km in Slovenia

4. Cronology of the toll collection in the Republic of Slovenia • 1970 Start of Motorway construction in Slovenia • 1970 – 1972 The first constructed Motorway section: Vrhnika – Postojna, length 32 km, closed toll system. • 1970 – 1993 198 km of Motorwayswere constructed, partly closed and partly open toll system. • 1993 – 2007 374 km of Motorwayswere constructed, mixed tollsystem(closed – open). • 1996 Start of the electronic toll collection system without a stop (ABC).

5. Chronology of the Motorway Construction 1970 - 2006 Slovenia has been constructing motorways since 1970. In 24 years (1970 – 1994), before the beginning of the implementation of the National Motorway Construction Programme, a total of 198 km of four – and two – lane motorways were built. From 1.1.1994 to 31.12.2006, a total of 370 km of four – and two – lane motorways were built and handed over to traffic. Since 31st of December 2006 a total of 465 km of four lane motorways and expressways, 3.5 km of two – lane motorway (Karavanke Tunnel) and 130 km of access roads to them are managed by DARS.

6. Situation 31.12.2006 Closed toll system – 109 km/23% Open toll system – 278 km/60% Non-tolled – 78 km/17%

7. Existing tolling system • 26 toll stations, 181 toll lanes • 4 vehicle classes, measured and declared characteristics • Payment means: cash, petrol and credit cards, monthly passes, 2 types of DARS contact-less cards, ABC-EFC system • Pre-payment and post-payment mode for DARS cards and ABC-EFC system • On sections with open toll system the value of collected toll is 10% lower than on those with closed toll system. • Only 75% of traffic on motorways and expressways is tolled (due to the open toll collection system, and partly non-tolled network). • Approx. 150 mio EUR of toll is collected per year. • 99% of motorway user are tolled (approx. 1% of violators).

8. Toll classes Categories: Category I (R1): two axled vehicles with a maximum height above the front axle of less than 1.3 m. Category II (R2): vehicles with two or more axles, 1.3 m or more in heightabove the front axle, which maximum weight doesn't exceed 3.5 tonnes. Category III (R3): vehicles with two or three axles, 1.3 m or more in height above the front axle and maximum permitted weight over then 3.5 tonnes. Category IV (R4): vehicles with three or more axles, 1.3 m or more in height above the front axle and gross weight of more then 3.5 metric tonnes.

9. Main characteristics of existing EFC: • EFC system, based on mikrowave link 2,45 GHz • First installation in 1995 (Toll station Torovo) • For personal vehicles (R1) only • 33% of all toll transactions • 41% of R1 transactions • 250.000 OBU in use • 60.000 transactions per day • Extension on heavy vehicles • in preparation

10. Main characteristics of existing EFC (2): • Fast (35) and combined (72) lanes • Possibility of vehicle diversion from fast to combined lane • Reversible central lanes- because of traffic direction changes, especially in the summer

11. Use of: • Toll tickets • DARS contact-less cards • ABC OBU (2,45 GHz) TRANSPORTER • Use of: • Toll tickets • Contact-less cards TRANSPORTER Payment means in existing system Vehicles < 3,5 tonnes Payment means: Cash Credit and petrol cards Vehicles > 3,5 tonnes

12. Implementation of EFC free flow system • Guidelines and activities are defined by governmental “Action plan for introduction of EFC in free flow with conditions of interoperability in the European Union. • Final vision: • Completely closed system in free traffic flow where user pays on the principle of actually covered kilometers. • Implementation of EFC free flow system with DSRC technology: • Everything is prepared for upgrading existing ABC system for all vehicles up to the end of year 2007 and later on for implementation of a new EFC free flow system.

13. Toll portals Contact points EFC free flow system Main characteristics of EFC in free flow: Toll portals (charge points) between entries Technology: DSRC 5,8 GHz; RFID  900 MHz Equipment: Communication equipment Video Enforcement Clasification System

14. Pre-payment Post-payment OBU DSRC 5,8 GHZ Pre-payment Passive electronic tag RFID  900 MHz Implementation of EFC free flow system Vehicles < 3,5 tonnes Payment means on distribution points

15. Pre-payment Post-payment OBU DSRC 5,8 GHZ Implementation of EFC free flow system Payment means distribution points Vehicles > 3,5 tonnes Contract

16. Summary • Present situation: • In Slovenia, toll has been collected since 1972. • We have a mixture of open and closed toll system, in part of the road network we do not collect toll. • A lot of foreign vehicles, specific traffic conditions during summer period • EFC (ABC) is very reliable but it has out of date frequency 2,45 GHz. It’s used only for the first vehicle category (personal cars); It’s not consistent with EU directive.

17. Summary • Future course of system development: • Gradual transition to EFC in (free flow system) with DSRC technology for all vehicle categories; later on some solutions with satellite tehnology will be addedand combined with DSRC system. • Transition from open to closed system on the whole motorway network. • Introduction of toll collection system on non-tolled sections. • Interoperability with neighbouring countries; in the first phase within the MEDIA project (A, I, Fr, SLO, some discussions have been held with Croatia, too).

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