PAC Road Pricing Administration Functional Object

Description

'PAC Road Pricing Administration' enables payment for road use based on VMT, vehicle type, vehicle emissions, or other parameters. It establishes a price schedule based on these parameters that may vary by time, location or zone, vehicle type, and/or vehicle behavior. Pricing strategies may also include incentives that allow reimbursement of fees previously paid for good behavior (e.g., VMT reductions, economical driving behavior, avoidance of peak periods or congested zones). It receives vehicle data (e.g., time stamped roadways used by the vehicle since the last transmission) and computes the total cost to the vehicle owner for payment. Based on owner preference, this cost is either billed to the owner or requested from an in–vehicle payment instrument. Payment for use of roadways not operated by the specific instance of the VMT Payment Administration that the vehicle is registered with, will be reconciled. Payment violations can be reported to Enforcement Agencies when appropriate. Finally, vehicle owners can interact with this object using personal devices or public terminals to setup and edit account preferences for owned vehicles, get account reports, and make payments.

Included In

CTRMA Toll Reconciliation Office
SH 130 Concession Company Payment Administration Center
TxDOT Austin District Payment Administration Center

Functional Requirements

IDRequirementUser Defined
1The center shall set up accounts for drivers to pay for low emission zone entry fees.False
2The center shall provide the status of an electronic payment transaction provided directly to the driver via sign or other roadside infrastructure.False
3The center shall notify enforcement agency of a low emission zone entry payment violation.False
4This center shall maintain and publish road use prices, as configured by the Payment Administrator.False
5The center shall receive road pricing data (time stamped log of roadways used by the vehicle) and compute the total cost to the vehicle owner.False
6The center shall calculate road use charges based on the vehicle's mileage, roads traveled, time periods, emissions profile for make/model, fuel economy for make/model, weight, number of axles/tires, or other policies.False
7The center shall access and use registration and odometer information from the DMV to verify and audit collected road pricing dataFalse
8The center shall process and clear payments from vehicle owners and operators as well as payments to other Center Road Pricing Payment Administration through clearing houses provided by financial institutions.False
9The center shall coordinate with other Road Pricing Payment Administration systems to reconcile and apportion payments for vehicles registered in other jurisdictionsFalse
10The center shall monitor the operational status of road pricing field equipment and identify equipment faults.False
11The center shall provide secure road pricing user account management, providing user access to rules and policies, current billing status, invoices, payments, and mechanisms for review and challenge of the collected data.False