The Incorporation Of Multi-Lane Free Flow System Need Analysis And Challenges
The multi-lane free flow (MLFF) is a system that allow highway users pay to drive through free flow without stopping. With MLFF, the toll lanes at toll plazas can be replaced with regular segments of multilane roads. Tags with readers are used with gantries across the highway to detect vehicles a...
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| Format: | Monograph |
| Language: | English |
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
2022
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.usm.my/58258/ http://eprints.usm.my/58258/1/The%20Incorporation%20Of%20Multi-Lane%20Free%20Flow%20System%20%20Need%20Analysis%20And%20Challenges.pdf |
| Summary: | The multi-lane free flow (MLFF) is a system that allow highway users pay to
drive through free flow without stopping. With MLFF, the toll lanes at toll plazas can
be replaced with regular segments of multilane roads. Tags with readers are used with
gantries across the highway to detect vehicles and to deduct tolls from vehicles using
the Electronic Toll Collection (ETC), Traffic congestion at toll plazas on expressways
is a regular condition on transportation networks and happens when more people use
the tolled expressway. It is characterized by slower speeds, longer trip times, and more
automobiles in queues. An Expressway is supposed to be an alternative for road’s user
to use to avoid jams and to have faster travel time but due to the inefficient toll’s
payment system, congestion have occurred on expressways. This study attempts to
understand the concept of Multi-Lane Free Flow system to reduce traffic congestion
at toll plazas and on Malaysia’s expressway as well as to identify the challenges of
implementing the system in Malaysia. The data from survey shows that the expressway
performance in Malaysia is not satisfactory. This is due the payment system is
inefficient and still causes congestion even though there are so many alternatives for
payment. This project review various study based on previous research on the design
and challenges in implementing MLFF in other countries, interviews’s highway
concessionaire for deep knowledge of implementing MLFF, analyse the road user’s
satisfaction with the performance of current toll payment system in Malaysia and their
perspective on MLFF system. Based on the findings, the research study shows that
MLFF system has proven to be successful in other countries, as it has helped in
preventing congestion. The study also shows that the challenges of implementing the
MLFF in Malaysia includes the challenges of enforcement and the challenges of
having sufficient fund from the government to manage the new technologies such as RFID. Malaysia’s technology is still in relatively behind other countries. The road’s
infrastructure in Malaysia need to be reformed due to poor design and the new
legislation need to be made to avoid leakages from occurring. |
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