SUBSTANTIATION OF THE METHOD OF TRAFFIC FLOWS DISTRIBUTION IN MICROSIMULATION OF TOLL COLLECTION PLAZAS

Abstract

Introduction. The practice of charging road tolls to compensate for the costs of the road construction and operation has been known since ancient times. The traditional approach to toll collection on motorways is that vehicles must stop and pay at the appropriate collection point (Toll Collection Plaza — TCP). At the same time, two payment systems are traditionally distinguished: an open one, in which the driver pays for traveling the entire toll section, and a closed one, in which, upon entering the toll motorway, the driver is obliged to take a ticket at the first point (station) of payment and return it upon exiting the motorway at the final payment point, paying for the actual distance traveled. In both systems, there are bound to be vehicle delays in TCP. In this regard, transport engineers and road design specialists face several urgent tasks, such as determining the impact of toll booths on the level of service, capacity and other traffic indicators on motorways, assessing the impact of TCP configuration and toll collection technologies on of the traffic flows indicators in the TCP zone and in the transport network.

Keywords

• road