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| Criteria group (group of criteria) | Criteria | Description |
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| (1) Technical operation | Interoperability | Interoperability with other toll collection systems inside a country or in other countries. |
| Flexibility | Ability of a technology to be used for other purposes (paying for parking, gas, or congestion charge, as well as for navigation, traffic control, vehicle theft prevention etc.). |
| Efficiency | The capacity per lane as capability of a system to register and identify the number of vehicles at the same time, based on data rate and system complexity. |
| Reliability/accuracy | The ability of a system to correctly identify vehicle’s identity and payment options, especially in poor weather conditions. |
| Enforcement | The amount of resources engaged for enforcement. Share (percentage) of those who avoid payment. |
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| (2) Traffic operations | Level of service | The impact of the system on the level of service of traffic flow (speed, volume/capacity ratio). |
| Traffic safety | The impact of the system on the traffic safety. |
| Number of stops | The number of stops during the tolling. |
| Delays | The increase in travel time that each of the systems causes. |
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| (3) Financial | Average cost for user | Value that the user has to pay for using the system. |
| Ratio of revenues/costs | The value of the ratio of revenues/costs for each system. |
| Capex | Value of capital costs, as the size of the capital expenditures of each system. |
| Opex | Value of operational costs, as the size of operation expenditures of each system. |
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| (4) Environmental | Visual impact of defacing ambient environment | How each system visually defaces the ambient environment. |
| Air pollution | To what extent the system contributes to air pollution. |
| Noise | To what extent the system contributes to noise pollution. |
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| (5) Socio-economic | Fair pricing | Whether the system is fair to all users. Payment for what is used. |
| User friendliness | Easiness of using the system. |
| Aesthetic effect on the vehicle | How the equipment that each system requires affects the aesthetic effect of the vehicle. |
| Possibility of theft and fraud | Possibility of system’s theft and fraud in general. |
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