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Time Distance and PlaceRoad User Charging

Bern Grush, Chief Scientist, Skymeter Corporation

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Measurement Billing Enforcement etc

Systems Thinking

Privacy Access Tax Spending etc

Zones Prices Parking Enforcement etc

Technology

TDMPolicy

Public Policy

How do we bring it all together?

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Today

History

VMT vs TDP

TDP uses GPS

Four Challenges

How it works

A Roadmap

Discussion

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15 years ago – Europe

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Five years ago – World

Congestion

GlobalWarming

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Funding

National Security

Two years ago – U.S.

Congestion

Global Warming

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Now – U.S.

Funding

National Security

Congestion

Global Warming

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Going forward – U.S.

Funding

National Security

Congestion

Global Warming

GAS-TAXvs

VMT

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Vehicle Miles Traveled

Odometer reading (suggested)

Use GPS to check which state you are in

(Oregon 2005-7)

Use GPS (TDP) to cover all roads in an entire country

(Netherlands 2011-16)

Use GPS to check if you are on a certain road(PSRC study 2005-8)

Gastax(1932)

VMT TDP

Replace gas tax in US with VMT tax

(AASHTO 2022-2025)

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AASHTO’s ProposalAASHTO’s Funding and Finance team is preparing a draft Legislative Recommendations Summary. From the 3 June 2008 draft:

“In 2022, begin to replace the motor fuel tax with a vehicle miles travelled user tax; lower the federal gasoline tax to 27 cents and replace with revenue from a VMT tax of one-half cent per mile; in 2025, increase the VMT tax to just over 2.0 cents per mile and phase out motor fuel taxes completely; in 2030, increase the VMT tax to about 2.2 cents per mile.

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T D P

Pay

more during peak periods

Pay for

actual

use

Pay

varying rates on

different roads

Time, Distance and Place

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It’s the fairest way to pay

Just like we do for electricity and water


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“How street space is allocated, priced, and managed tells people how to travel”

Michael ReplogleTransportation Director, Environmental Defense FundWashington, DC


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Existing tolling technologies…

…can toll

highways

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…can charge for

entering a zone

Existing tolling technologies…

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340 Gantries

$$$

But they can’t do

Time Distance

Placecharging

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A GPS road pricing system is Scalable…

GPS does TDP best

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GPS does TDP best

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Road-Use Financing(remove the gas tax)

Congestion Pricing

Parking-by-the-minuteHOT lanes

Meter-less Parking

PAYD Insurance

TDP Insurance

Value Pricing

Emission ChargingDriver Rewards

TDP Taxi Plating

Courier Drop Charging

Wide-Area Tolling

Cordon Tolling

HUGE policy menu

…and it enables a

HOT Streets

Superoperability

Vehicle-Type Charging

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ReliabilityAffordability

Privacy(The Technology)

Implementation(The Roadmap)

The four challenges

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Buildings in urban areas reflect and block GPS signals, often resulting in position errors.

We fixed TheUrban Canyon Problem

Reliability

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Reliability

Accuracy

Repeatability

Evidentiary weight

Tamper proof

Telcos

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Reliability: Accuracy

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Reliability: Repeatability

40 of the same trip

over a week…

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Reliability: Evidentiary Weight

Liability-Critical blueGPS Red

Same Trip – Same Chargein New York City

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Urban Canyonin perspective

Blue is Liability Critical GPS

Navigation Signals Drift:

Car stopped here for light; but we solved this for parking applications

Navigation Signals Bias:

Navigation-Grade GPS made a consistent error for over a kilometer,

putting the vehicle on the wrong road – and wrong price

Reliability: Evidentiary Weight

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Broken on removal

Jam detection

Shield detection

Gap detection

Radio health signal

Visible Light source

Reliability: Tamper Proof

Skymeter has multi-layered tamper protection

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Distribution network

Trust: financial processing data handling

Roaming

Customer service

Collection

Reliability: Telco Backoffice

Skymeter uses trusted telecom networks

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We decimated

Cost

No infrastructure

Self-install

Self-enforced

Mobile spot check

Multiple applications

Existing payment tech

Affordability

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Multiple applications…

We are a data services company for Roads, Parking, Insurance and more……

Affordability

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[Affordability]

No Infrastructure

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[Affordability]

Self-installSelf-enforce

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[Affordability]

Mobile Spot Check

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[Affordability]

Multiple Applications

Road tolling

Congestion Pricing

Parking

Insurance

Taxi Plating

Courier

Mapping

more

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[Affordability]

Existing Payment

Technology

Telcos have everything already

Trust

Billing/collection

Roaming

etc

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Skymeter’s system minimizes operating expenses

and maximizes your ability to manage transportation

Affordability

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Skymeter measures data from many vehicles

We measure privately…

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...by sending ONLY the chargeable amounts to the operators

And keep it private…

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Privacy

Encryption

Lag

Location anonymity

Loop-back proxy

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OBE sends billing data

Administrative signals

Payment Handling

The Anonymous Loop-back Proxy

OBEcollect,

compress, store journey &

billing data

Off-board price calculator

Request to calc charge amount

Return charge data to vehicle

Pricemap database

Calculate Bill

NO STORE

NO personal or vehicle ID NO location data

Anonymous Loop-back Proxy

OBE output can be• Charge to no-board smartcard reader• Charge to off-board payment operator• Behavior data to insurer• Trip data to marketerAll at patrons choice

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1. SET pricing policy

2. MEASURE road use

3. CALCULATE bills

4. REPORT bills to operators

5. SEND bill to users

This is what Skymeterdoes

How it works

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MEASURE…

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Again and again…

We ensure

Same Trip – Same Charge

MEASURE…

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CALCULATE…

Calculate the chargeaccording to a pricemap

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Skymeter produces customized data feeds

for

billing and telematics

REPORT…

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Skymeter in Action

COMP1 Expected Variance

Over 800KWN

Range for same

drive!Skymeter Expected Variance

Correct Price

COMP1 price

The Skymeter Price was derived using Skymeter’s Liability Critical GPS meter. Financial units are in Korean Won.COMP1 was one of the competitors for these runs. We do not have permission to disclose their name.

Skymeter is consistently close to the actual price!

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Skymeter makes managing surface transportation:

Reliable. Affordable. Private.

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Reliable Private Affordable

Measure Calculate Report

Putting it all together…

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We’ve talked about technology

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We offer The Roadmap(A step-by-step approach to implementing

full road-user charging)

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Phase 1: Introduction

IntroductionExpandedApplication

TDP Implementation

Full Implementation

PAYD Insurance

Driver RewardsTDP Taxi Plating

Courier Drop Charging

2009 2014 2019 2025

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Phase 2: Expanded Application


TDP Implementation

Full Implementation


Meter-less Parking

TDP Insurance

Value Pricing

HOT Streets

Superoperability

2009 2014 2019 2025

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Phase 3: TDP Implementation


TDP Implementation

Full Implementation

Congestion Pricing

Emission Charging

Cordon Tolling


2009 2014 2019 2025

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Phase 4: Full Implementation


TDP Implementation

Full Implementation


Wide-Area Tolling

2009 2014 2019 2025

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The full map


TDP Implementation

Full Implementation

2009 2014 2019 2025


Congestion Pricing


Meter-less Parking

PAYD Insurance

TDP Insurance

Value Pricing

Emission ChargingDriver Rewards

TDP Taxi PlatingCourier Drop Charging

Wide-Area Tolling

Cordon Tolling

HOT Streets

Superoperability


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Thank you!

Skymeter Corporation101 College St., Toronto, CAN

+1 416 673 [email protected]