EFC in Norway

A brief overview

Ivar Christiansen

21.4.2005

SGT EFC TeamMeeting in Oslo

Norwegian Public Roads Administration

Tolling and EFC Policy in Norway

• Tolling only for investments in public infrastructure

•Toll projects are normally co-financed by National Budget

• Toll revenue contribution in total 30%

• Local political foundation - acceptance by Parliament

• Local toll companies for operation and management

• Tolls are removed when financing is complete (15 years the norm)

• Legislation for Road Pricing (congestion charging) is ready

• HGV tolling is not on the current agenda

• Member of ASECAP through Norvegfinans

Norwegian Public Roads Administration

The Norwegian EFC Concept•NPRA own specifications and equipment•Deposit for tag is 24 EURO•EFC lanes have free flow, no barriers (capacity 1600 veh/hour)•Video enforcement•Manual payment service always available (until 2004)•Coin machines in high volume plazas•Two classes (<3,5 tons allowed total weight)•City Rings also pay for PT infrastructure

•High percentage of tags (50-95%)•Limited addional space needed in Plazas•Operational cost 7-10% of revenue•Plazas shall NOT create queues•A demand for full automation

Norwegian Public Roads Administration

• 46 Tolling Projects in operation• 25 have EFC systems

• Near 300 lanes equipped

• 1 mill. tags issued

• Annual number of transactions: >250 million

• Annual revenue: app. 300 mEURO

EFC Status today (apr. 2005)

Norwegian Public Roads Administration

Construction Projects

Bank Loans

Regional (county) ”parliament”

Regional and localadministrations

Norwegian Public Roads AdministrationDirectorate of Public Roads

Ministry for Transport and Communication

National Parliament

NPRA Directorate of Public Roads

NPRA Local Road Office

Local Toll Company

Bank Loans

Construction Projects

EFC system

Contract

NPRA Local Road Office

Local Toll Companis

Regional and localadministrations

Regional (county) ”parliament”

Norwegian Public Roads Administration

The traffic in the subscription lanes is increasing steadily

2002

EFC

Manual

ACM

1990

Norwegian Public Roads Administration

New technology

• AutoPASS EFC: A publicly owned technical specification for EFC

• AutoPASS Contract: Contractual and operational interoperability for all EFC lanes in Norway

• CS AutoPASS: A common technical specification for toll project central computer systems

• A new harmonized fee structure

• Unattended toll plazas

• “Fully automatic toll plazas” (In Bergen and Tønsberg in February 2004)

Norwegian Public Roads Administration

“Fully automatic toll plazas” – the new hit?

• No stop at the toll plazas

• Drivers without AutoPASS will be videoed and billed monthly for the exact fee

• In Bergen and Tønsberg February 2004

• Picture shows pilot station in Tønsberg

Norwegian Public Roads Administration

Norwegian Public Roads AdministrationDirectorate of Public Roads

•AutoPASS – NPRA’s Specification for EFC and Interoperability

•A public infrastructure ”open” to ITS applications

•NPRA owns EFC system and tags – Toll companies operate

•Basis for national and cross-border interoperability

•Basis for traffic monitoring (1 million equipped probe vehicles)

•New applications evolving

EFC - A Norwegian Success Story

Norwegian Public Roads Administration

What is next?