Distance based charging: a Blockchain approach to leverage from existing methodologies

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1 Distance based charging: a Blockchain approach to leverage from existing methodologies GENERAL SESSION 2: WORLD WIDE TRENDS IN DISTANCE BASED CHARGING Pietro Contegno Head of Innovation and Development Sinelec SpA - Italy

2 Outline The 1992 Agreement for Interconnection and the Italian highway network Data acquisition, processing and exchange constraints EETS and the path towards pay-per-use tolling A first hint for a blockchain approach: a new data exchange paradigm Actual path detection, data processing and real time tolling A further hint for a blockchain approach: real time data and new info-mobility services

3 The Italian highway network The Italian highway network is almost km long, managed by 27 operators and mostly based upon a closed context tolling system, as a fully interconnected, meshed network.

4 Sinelec > 300 employees End-to-end Technology Solution Provider Specialized in Road sector 800 Toll Gates 11 Operational Control Center 2B processed per year (500M transits) 2000 KM Optical fiber WAN COMPETENCES : o IT / TLC / Telematics / Electronics o System Integration o Project Management o Road Domain Expertise SOLUTIONS FOR : o Intelligent Transportation Systems o Tolling o Digital communication & Networking

5 The 1992 Agreement for Interconnection In 1992 all toll motorway concessionaires signed an agreement with the public grantor, ANAS, to apply tolling throughout the entire network in such a way to provide a seamless experience to the user: only one payment, collected at the exit toll gate, conventionally defined as the toll fee amount corresponding to the shortest path from the entry to the exit.

6 Data processing and exchange constraints A monthly based, complex clearing process is applied to assign each operator the exact amount of toll revenues it has earned: each operator sends a welldefined data flow to each other thus allowing the clearing process to be transparent and based upon toll data shared among the operators. Shared technical and operational rules for the entire network, limiting the introduction of new technologies or payment means; Strict collaboration for the monthly data exchange process: high risk of delays until all data are properly exchanged.

7 Data processing and exchange constraints

8 Blockchain: a new data exchange paradigm A shared, transparent ledger for toll transactions; An unified register of toll plazas, payment means, fee values table and repartition data; A set of rules to validate and retrieve the transactions. Direct access to blockchain data can provide each toll operator needed information, with monthly revenue details growing every day in tandem with transactions records, validated, in the distributed ledger that blockchain provides. An interesting opportunity is under evaluation and early prototyping for STM and FAG data files.

9 EETS and the path towards pay-per-use With the introduction of the EETS regulation in 2012, allowing the functional and contractual interoperation for electronic toll collection in Europe, the Italian Ministry for Transportation and Infrastructures has requested the Concessionaires to shift towards the application of tolling according to the real path followed and distance travelled by road users.

10 Actual path detection and real time tolling

11 Actual path detection and real time tolling Many of the real time data gathered by the SdC System could be managed by a blockchain based infrastructure; this approach would likely simplify the SdC architecture and provide a much easily accessible repository of shared data for the Concessionaries.

12 Blockchain: real time data and new services Let s think about a new, efficient use of real transactions or the million-per-day, in-journey vehicle detection data gathered along the 6000 km long network, can open the door to new, interesting services. New services based upon data availability: Intermodal traffic management, info-mobility in conjunction with urban traffic management, crossmarket services (eg. car-sharing data integration, freight information services for intermodal hubs, )

13 Further opportunities ANAS Smart Road project will provide further interaction points, specifically for connected and (future) autonomous vehicles. This scenario could be a significative starting point, with many services capabilities to be analyzed: pre-trip and on trip information could be provided to users directly, real-time data could be gathered and analyzed to provide better analytics for the back-office processes and more useful information for the users themselves. Again blockchain could prove to be a key technology to address these subjects. SINELEC is leading the Smart Road services design and implementation at National level with ANAS

14 Thanks for your attention! Please insert any question in the blockchain Pietro Contegno Head of Innovation and Development Sinelec SpA - Italy