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Running Head: DISCUSSION QUESTION 0

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Abstract

The vehicles driving on the toll road and highways continue to grow steadily growing, demanding enormous maintenance costs. The toll collection system was established as a criterion of raising revenue for road maintenance; however, the traditional collection method is usually slower than the ETC and prone to cause vehicle traffic congestion on roads. In this paper, a skeleton has prospected Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) connection to smart communities. The ETC system's significant elements are the wireless reading network, web and mobile applications, and a cloud host. The Wireless Sensor nodes foster vehicle detection and grouping, and also it establishes a communication channel to the central system. The cloud hosts the primary database and web server, and the mobile app is used to make subscriptions, renew subscriptions, and make other necessary electronic transactions. Additionally, web-board is utilized for efficient toll administration. The automated toll collection system's establishment will increase the toll collection efficiency by improving its speed and flexibility

Discussion Question

Purpose of the article

This article aims to propose an establishment of an electronic toll collection system in smart and communities with a connection to foster efficiency of toll collection regarding speed and flexibility of the process.

Article's support for my arguments

The article supports my argument in that it recognizes the inefficiencies in the traditional toll collection systems. It also acknowledges the potential users' needs and opinions by establishing the traditional methods as unbearable for the users. It seeks to solve the problem by ensuring minimal time is used on the toll roads or highways. Therefore, it illuminates the stand of my argument that it is crucial to identify the users' perception of the new electronic system implementation.

Most important aspects of the article

The most crucial aspect of this article is that it clearly defines the problem and seeks to identify the root of the problem and possible ramifications of the strategies to mitigate the issue. Importantly, this article establishes the rate at which vehicles plying on roads is increasing. Therefore there is a need to generate enough revenue for road maintenance more cheaply and efficiently. Additionally, the article also postulates that vehicle number plates can be configured onto the owners' toll account. Automated Number Plate Reader technology can be useful to identify passing vehicles in the time of the weak signal. It establishes a strong aspect that toll collection can be done at any moment of the day irrespective of the weather than the traditional toll collection system that is limited to time and weather changes.

Findings and conclusions

At the end of the article, the author establishes the system's useful components as mobile applications, web, wireless sensor nodes, and cloud platform where the wireless network detects the vehicle, the mobile app is helpful for the subscriptions and renewals, notifications. Thus, with the dashboard, the administration can establish an efficient collection system. The article depicts its finding as an achievement of timely, cost-less, and a fast collection of toll method fostering efficiency.

Industry example demonstrating the application of the researched article

Notably, this article has depicted an efficient way of minimizing cost at the toll road by avoiding manually operated systems for automated ones. It is applicable in the transport industry, whereby the key players can raise costless revenue useful for the toll road and highways maintenance. The article findings also can be implemented to ease the traffic and congestion in the roads by the transport sector stakeholders.

Reference

Popoola, S. I., Popoola, O. A., Oluwaranti, A. I., Badejo, J. A., & Atayero, A. A. (2017). A Framework for Electronic Toll Collection in Smart and Connected Communities. WCECS, 2(1), 2-5. http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/12641/1/WCECS2017_pp723-726.pdf