1. Toll collection system in the Republic of Slovenia
Lado Prah
Managing Director

2. Capital: Ljubljana, 264.000 inhabitants Motorway: 465 km
Basic facts about SLOVENIA
Area: sq. km
Population:
GDP per capita: € (2005)
Settlements: cca
Capital: Ljubljana, inhabitants
Motorway: km
Public road - total: km
Local road: km
AADT: vehicles per day

3. Ljubljana – Budapest (H)
Network integration into TEN
5th European Corridor:
Trieste (I) – Koper –
Ljubljana – Budapest (H)
386 km in Slovenia
10th European Corridor:
Villach (A) – Tunnel Karavanke -Ljubljana – Zagreb (HR) – Thessalonica (G)
177 km in Slovenia

4. 1970 Start of Motorway construction in Slovenia
Cronology of the toll collection in the Republic of Slovenia
1970 Start of Motorway construction in Slovenia
1970 – 1972 The first constructed Motorway section: Vrhnika – Postojna, length 32 km, closed toll system.
1970 – km of Motorways were constructed, partly closed and partly open toll system.
1993 – km of Motorways were constructed, mixed toll system (closed – open).
1996 Start of the electronic toll collection system without a stop (ABC).

5. Chronology of the Motorway Construction 1970 - 2006
Slovenia has been constructing motorways since 1970.
In 24 years (1970 – 1994), before the beginning of the implementation of the National Motorway Construction Programme, a total of 198 km of four – and two – lane motorways were built.
From to , a total of 370 km of four – and two – lane motorways were built and handed over to traffic.
Since 31st of December 2006 a total of 465 km of four lane motorways and expressways, 3.5 km of two – lane motorway (Karavanke Tunnel) and 130 km of access roads to them are managed by DARS.

6. Closed toll system – 109 km/23%
Situation
Closed toll system – 109 km/23%
Open toll system – 278 km/60%
Non-tolled – 78 km/17%

7. Existing tolling system
26 toll stations, 181 toll lanes
4 vehicle classes, measured and declared characteristics
Payment means: cash, petrol and credit cards, monthly passes, 2 types of DARS contact-less cards, ABC-EFC system
Pre-payment and post-payment mode for DARS cards and ABC-EFC system
On sections with open toll system the value of collected toll is 10% lower than on those with closed toll system.
Only 75% of traffic on motorways and expressways is tolled (due to the open toll collection system, and partly non-tolled network).
Approx. 150 mio EUR of toll is collected per year.
99% of motorway user are tolled (approx. 1% of violators).

8. Toll classes Categories:
Categories:
Category I (R1): two axled vehicles with a maximum height above the front axle of less than 1.3 m.
Category II (R2): vehicles with two or more axles, 1.3 m or more in height above the front axle, which maximum weight doesn't exceed 3.5 tonnes.
Category III (R3): vehicles with two or three axles, 1.3 m or more in height above the front axle and maximum permitted weight over then 3.5 tonnes.
Category IV (R4): vehicles with three or more axles, 1.3 m or more in height above the front axle and gross weight of more then 3.5 metric tonnes.

9. Extension on heavy vehicles in preparation
Main characteristics of existing EFC:
EFC system, based on mikrowave link 2,45 GHz
First installation in 1995 (Toll station Torovo)
For personal vehicles (R1) only
33% of all toll transactions
41% of R1 transactions
OBU in use
transactions per day
Extension on heavy vehicles
in preparation

10. Main characteristics of existing EFC (2):
Fast (35) and combined (72) lanes
Possibility of vehicle diversion from fast to combined lane
Reversible central lanes- because of traffic direction changes, especially in the summer

11. Credit and petrol cards
Payment means in existing system
Vehicles < 3,5 tonnes
Use of:
Toll tickets
DARS contact-less cards
ABC OBU (2,45 GHz)
Payment means:
Cash
Credit and petrol cards
Use of:
Toll tickets
Contact-less cards TRANSPORTER
Vehicles > 3,5 tonnes
TRANSPORTER

12. Implementation of EFC free flow system
Guidelines and activities are defined by governmental “Action plan for introduction of EFC in free flow with conditions of interoperability in the European Union.
Final vision:
Completely closed system in free traffic flow where user pays on the principle of actually covered kilometers.
Implementation of EFC free flow system with DSRC technology:
Everything is prepared for upgrading existing ABC system for all vehicles up to the end of year 2007 and later on for implementation of a new EFC free flow system.

13. EFC free flow system Main characteristics of EFC in free flow:
Toll portals (charge points) between entries
Technology: DSRC 5,8 GHz; RFID  900 MHz
Equipment: Communication equipment
Video Enforcement
Clasification System
Toll portals
Contact points

14. Payment means on distribution points
Implementation of EFC free flow system
Vehicles < 3,5 tonnes
Payment means on distribution points
OBU DSRC 5,8 GHZ
Pre-payment
Post-payment
Passive electronic tag
RFID  900 MHz
Pre-payment

15. Payment means distribution points
Implementation of EFC free flow system
Vehicles > 3,5 tonnes
Payment means distribution points
Pre-payment
Post-payment
OBU DSRC 5,8 GHZ
Contract

16. Present situation: Summary
In Slovenia, toll has been collected since 1972.
We have a mixture of open and closed toll system, in part of the road network we do not collect toll.
A lot of foreign vehicles, specific traffic conditions during summer period
EFC (ABC) is very reliable but it has out of date frequency 2,45 GHz. It’s used only for the first vehicle category (personal cars); It’s not consistent with EU directive.

17. Future course of system development:
Summary
Future course of system development:
Gradual transition to EFC in (free flow system) with DSRC technology for all vehicle categories; later on some solutions with satellite tehnology will be added and combined with DSRC system.
Transition from open to closed system on the whole motorway network.
Introduction of toll collection system on non-tolled sections.
Interoperability with neighbouring countries; in the first phase within the MEDIA project (A, I, Fr, SLO, some discussions have been held with Croatia, too).

18. Thank You!