Kick out the Jams

KICK

How to getTransportation moving forward

THE JAMS!

OUT

Growing transportation

problems worldwideCrumbling Infrastructure

Congestion

Air Pollution

These pressing transportation problems are really symptoms…

…Of a greater, fundamental problem

A lack of clear information

Without clear information…

…bad things happen

In a market economy, information comes from pricing signals

Pricing signals influence our choices

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Transportation lacks clear

pricing signals

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The problem is:

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The result is

Wasteful behavior

We subsidize wasteful behavior…

Property

FuelSales

Income

…through the taxes we use to finance roads

The Solution

Have people pay for

roads based on use

It’s the fairest way to pay

Just like we do for electricity and water

That’s what the

experts say

“How street space is allocated, priced, and managed tells people how to travel”

Michael ReplogleTransportation Director, Environmental Defense FundWashington, DC

The fairest way is to pay by

Time, Distance and Place

T D P

With Time…

T

TIME

We can Pay

more during Peak periods

With

Distance…DISTANCE

We can Pay

for actual use

With

Place… PLACE

We can Pay

different rates for different roads

Existing tolling technologies…

…can toll

highways

…can charge for

entering a zone

Existing tolling technologies…

BUT…

…They

can’t do TDP!

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ME

ISTANCE

LACE

The only way to do TDP…

…Is with GPS

The only way to do TDP…

Scalable

A GNSS road pricing system is…

A GNSS road pricing system is…

Road-Use FinancingCongestion Pricing

Parking-by-the-minute

HOT Streets

Meter-less Parking

PAYD Insurance

TDP InsuranceValue Pricing

Emission Charging

Driver Rewards TDP Taxi Plating

Courier Drop Charging

Wide-Area Tolling

Cordon Tolling

…and can enable a

full policy menu

Sounds simple…

1.Put GPS in car2.Run car3.Collect toll

…But it isn’t

The Challenges

The

Urban Canyon Problem

BIG errors!

In the hundreds of meters!

That’s football fields off!

Privacy

A GPS road pricing system

MUST

protect the privacy of the user

GPS tolling system for Transportation management must be:

1. ACCURATE2. PRIVATE3. COST-EFFECTIVE

Introducing

SKYMETERTM

Skymeter provides the GNSS

technology and services

That enable

innovative policies

© Skymeter Corporation www.skymetercorp.com

We are a data services company for Roads, Parking, Insurance and more……


What we do

…from

millions of vehicles…

We get the data…


…to the operators


Tolling can be done in 5 steps:

1. SET pricing policy

2. MEASURE road use

3. CALCULATE bills

4. REPORT bills to operators

5. SEND bill to users


1. SET pricing policy

2. MEASURE road use

3. CALCULATE bills

4. REPORT bills to operators

5. SEND bill to users

This is what Skymeterdoes

Tolling can be done in 5 steps:


STEP 1:

MEASURE

Skymeter measures data from many vehicles


Again and again…

We ensure

Same Trip – Same Charge

STEP 2:

CALCULATE




STEP 3:

REPORT

Skymeter produces customized data feeds

for

billing and telematics© Skymeter Corporation www.skymetercorp.com

Skymeter forwards them to a payment operator…

The payment operator then sends a bill to the customer



The Full PictureBilling

How we do it

What sets Skymeter apart is:

1. ACCURACY2. EVIDENCE3. PRIVACY4. COST

Other companies have GPS based tolling systems


ACCURACY

Skymeter accurately records data everywhere

Even dense urban areas!


EVIDENCE

Skymeter’s data is

Financial-Grade

So that charges canwithstand a challenge in court


PRIVACY

We collect data so that it is completely

anonymous

No Vehicle ID No Personal ID

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Payment Operators receive data feeds with

no location data


Skymeter has no ID information

+The Payment Operators have no

location information

=Only the Driver knows

where they’ve been© Skymeter Corporation www.skymetercorp.com

COST

Skymeter’s system minimizes telecom expenses

and maximizes your ability to manage transportation


We empower transportation solutions

Giving you The best bang-for-the-buck!

Skymeter makes managing transportation:

Simple. Reliable. Private.


Thank you!

Skymeter Corporation101 College St., Toronto, CAN+1 416 673 [email protected]

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