In the footsteps of London ?
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Recent news reports :
Hindustan Times
Business Line
The national Capital may soon become the
first city in India to levy a toll on vehicles entering congested roads,
several senior government officials familiar with the development said.
Delhi’s Lieutenant-Governor Anil Baijal,
along with stake-holders such as the three municipal corporations and the Union
urban affairs ministry, has zeroed in on 21 stretches in the Capital where congestion tax could
be imposed in a bid to ease traffic and check
pollution, two of the officials quoted above said.
No time frame has been
set about when the congestion fee will kick in. How much tax will be levied on which
category of vehicle, and how it will be implemented are yet to be worked out as
well.
I hope authorities do not construct barriers on both
ends of the roads and post humans to collect the toll
That would slow down the traffic and create traffic
jams
At the least , they should install on both sides , FASTag ( RFID Sensors ) readers , which can
automatically debit the vehicle account , even as it drives through
But what about thousands of vehicles which may simply
“ park “ on those roads ?
They too must be made to pay !
ANSWER :
Consider implementing :
Revolutionizing
Transport ? [ 14 July
2017 ]
https://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2017/07/revolutionizing-transport.html
But why should we always “ follow in somebody’s footstep “
?
It is high time we give our engineers / scientists / S-W
geeks , a challenge to enable India to “ overtake “ London in the matter if
de-congesting traffic in our cities
Ask them to “ leapfrog “ reading of FASTag RFID for just collection of tolls
Let them implement a mobile app based Block-Chain technology , not only to collect toll from travelling
vehicles but also to collect “ Parking
Charges “ ( automatic debiting ) from India’s vehicle population of
200 million vehicles
For those who are eager to know , read :
Cars
on the Block Chain ?
Extract :
The company sees the potential for car owners to use
blockchain to pay for the electricity to charge electric cars. Imagine if every
time you charged your vehicle, the action triggered a smart contract on the blockchain that
took the appropriate amount of money from your account and sent it to the
charging station.
The financial applications could also
extend to paying for the car itself. You could create a smart contract that
sent in your car payment on the first of the month. The car blockchain would
record the balance due and stop making payments once it reached $0.
The same could go for your monthly
parking cost, your insurance, or any other financial transactions involving
your vehicle.
Dear Shri Gadkariji,
If implemented as suggested , this can earn Rs 5,000 cr per year to the State government of
Maharashtra , for city of Mumbai alone !
Extending NaviC
based solution to our entire vehicle population of 200 million ( growing by 10
million per year ), could well earn a revenue of Rs
100,000 CRORE per year !
Investment in proposed Technology Platform would pay
back in less than ONE DAY !
13 March 2018
www.hemenparekh.in
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