City tolling and Clean Air Zones

Kapsch TrafficCom's uniquely flexible urban access solution addresses all these challenges by incentivising drivers to change their behaviour. It enables cities to manage traffic towards sustainable models of transport by creating various types of incentive zones to suit different aims and objectives.

Cities around the world know that they need to combat the increasingly critical challenges of traffic congestion. However, the precise needs of individual cities are always unique, and most cities need to implement different schemes in different areas.

With our unique urban access solutions, we can enable them to change driving behaviours with a range of incentivise schemes.

Our unique approach enables us to use a single tolling platform to provide technical solutions for all these different urban schemes as well as meeting the tolling needs for those driving between cities.

As an industry leader for tolling solutions, we can deliver a complete end-to-end solution including state-of-the-art roadside hardware and software. Alternatively, in cases where existing roadside infrastructure already exists, we can provide just the back office suite including our Operational Back Office and Enforcement Back Office. These can be deployed either via the cloud or on-premises.

In either case, our solution features outstanding Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) identification rates thanks to our use of second generation optical character recognition (OCR) technology. Moreover, we enable cities to process millions of vehicles each and every day.

• Congestion Charge Zones
  Such schemes are usually designed to reduce traffic congestion in city centres. These typically operate during peak (‘rush hour’) times during the working week. Vehicles are charged when they enter a congestion charge zone and how much they pay will often vary depending upon the class of vehicle.
   
• Limited Access Zones
  Sometimes known as access control zones, these schemes are often designed to reduce access to historical city centres or to enforce pedestrian areas. Although most traffic will be banned from entering the zone, exceptions might be made for residents, emergency vehicles, hotel guests and commercial vehicles – who are normally required to register in advance to enter the zone. Cities enforce these areas with video-based technologies.
   
• Clean Air Zones
  Clean Air Zones, as the name suggests, are designed to reduce air pollution. Depending upon the fuel type and emission classification, these are sometimes also known as Low/Ultra Low/Zero Emission Zones. Typically, these zones operate 24 hours a day, every day of the year. Vehicles that are compliant with the emission level threshold are allowed to enter. Depending on city rules, uncompliant vehicles are either banned from the zone, or must pay a daily fee. Such schemes, therefore, often generate revenues for the city which can be used to help fund public transport systems or vehicle renewal subsidies.

Kapsch TrafficCom is one of the world’s most experienced providers of tolling and enforcement solutions with a unique set of technology, service and business capabilities.

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