India Eyes Satellite Tolling to Combat Traffic Woes and Pollution with Sustainable Solutions

India Eyes Satellite Tolling to Combat Traffic Woes and Pollution with Sustainable Solutions

(IN BRIEF) India is exploring satellite tolling as a sustainable solution to combat traffic congestion, air pollution, and declining road maintenance resources. Using GPS, Galileo, and other satellite systems, this advanced tolling technology enables real-time, distance-based vehicle charges without extensive infrastructure. Kapsch TrafficCom, a global leader in this field, highlights its success in countries like Norway and Bulgaria, showcasing its ability to reduce congestion, pollution, and carbon emissions. The system’s flexibility allows for eco-friendly toll schemes while maintaining robust data privacy protections. With its adaptability and sustainability, satellite tolling offers a promising future for India’s transportation challenges.

(PRESS RELEASE) VIENNA, 16-Nov-2024 — /EuropaWire/ — India faces escalating issues of traffic congestion and air pollution, compounded by dwindling resources to maintain road infrastructure. With millions of hours lost in traffic and rising levels of toxic air, innovative solutions are urgently needed. Satellite tolling, a cutting-edge technology powered by GPS, Galileo, and other satellite systems, offers a transformative approach to address these critical challenges. The Indian Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is actively exploring this technology to modernize tolling across the country.

Advanced Tolling for Diverse Environments

Satellite tolling provides an infrastructure-light, adaptable system capable of real-time vehicle charging based on geolocation. This flexibility makes it suitable for various settings, from bustling urban centers to extensive national highways. Leading the charge in this innovation is Kapsch TrafficCom, whose technology has already demonstrated its effectiveness in countries like Norway and Bulgaria.

“Our system doesn’t just calculate distance-based charges,” says Carolin Treichl, EVP EMENA at Kapsch TrafficCom. “It empowers cities and nations to manage congestion, reduce pollution, and replace declining fuel tax revenues with a fair road user charge.” In Bulgaria, Kapsch successfully deployed the system within 11 months, now managing a network spanning 16,000 km of roads.

Sustainability and Flexibility

As one of the most environmentally sustainable tolling solutions, satellite tolling eliminates the need for extensive physical infrastructure, reducing construction and maintenance impacts and lowering carbon emissions. The system’s adaptability allows authorities to design toll schemes that encourage eco-friendly behaviors, such as reduced peak-hour travel or prioritization of low-emission vehicles.

The platform also prioritizes data privacy, ensuring compliance with data protection standards by collecting and storing only essential geolocation information.

The Future of Tolling

Kapsch TrafficCom emphasizes that satellite tolling represents the future of sustainable mobility management. By reducing congestion, mitigating pollution, and providing a fair and scalable financial model for road infrastructure, the technology offers a path forward for cities and nations grappling with modern transportation challenges.

“Satellite tolling enables authorities to proactively guide mobility and finance infrastructure sustainably, both environmentally and financially,” concludes Carolin Treichl.

As India explores this innovative solution, the potential benefits for its sprawling road network and urban centers are vast, offering a promising path toward improved mobility and environmental stewardship.

Kapsch TrafficCom is a globally renowned provider of transportation solutions for sustainable mobility with successful projects in more than 50 countries. Innovative solutions in the application fields of tolling, tolling services, traffic management and demand management contribute to a healthy world without congestion.

With one-stop-shop solutions, the company covers the entire value chain of customers, from components to design and implementation to the operation of systems.

Kapsch TrafficCom, headquartered in Vienna, has subsidiaries and branches in more than 25 countries and is listed in the Prime Market segment of the Vienna Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: KTCG). In its 2023/24 financial year, about 4,000 employees generated revenues of EUR 539 million.

Media Contacts:

Carolin Treichl
Executive Vice President Marketing & Communications
Kapsch TrafficCom AG
Am Europlatz 2, 1120 Vienna, Austria
carolin.treichl@kapsch.net

Sandra Bijelic
Head of Corporate Communications
Kapsch TrafficCom AG
Am Europlatz 2, 1120 Vienna, Austria
sandra.bijelic@kapsch.net

SOURCE: Kapsch TrafficCom AG