Ascendi’s Experience

Index

Ascendi Overview

Ascendi’s Tolling System

. General Architecture

Interoperability (Portugal – Spain)

. AET System (MLFF)

Activity sector: transport infrastructure management;

Core business areas: Asset Management, Road and Railway Concessions, Road Operation and Collection;

Around $1 Bi assets under management;

Over 3.000 km of motorways and roads, including 1.500 km operated solely by Ascendi;

Participation in the capital of 16 Concessionaires;

Sustained activity in Portugal, Spain, Mexico, Brazil and Mozambique.

Ascendi Overview

Operations in Portugal:

Network of 1.300 kms operated under the Ascendi brand;

Strategic assets to promote Ascendi’s sustained development;

7 Road Concessions under management;

5 All Electronic Tolling Operations (Multi-Lane-Free-Flow);

2 Traditional Tolling Operations (manual and electronic);

1 Shadow Toll Operation;

All AET Operations as Service Provider to Portuguese Road Agency.

Ascendi Overview

Ascendi’s Tolling Systems – General Architecture

Road Side Equipment Operational Back-Office Commercial Back-Office

MLFF . Different Equipment; . DSRC (high-speed roads); . Open configuration; . 126 Tolling Points.

Traditional . Manual and Electronic; . Open and close config.; . 25 Toll Plazas.

Integrates all tolling operations (traditional or AET) . Prepared to support RSE and technologies from different vendors (DSRC, RFID); . Transaction validation ( according to business rules); . Second level OCR (ALPR and vehicle class); . Image review; . Trip aggregation engine; . Toll charge calculation; . Mobile enforcement BO

Integrates all tolling operations (traditional or AET) . Account Management; . Contact Centre and IVR; . Walk-in centre customer service support; . Dispute management; . CRM . Billing and notice issuing; . Dunning management; . Violator web-portal; . Payment processing; . Reporting (BI); . External Interface (links)

Road Side Equipment Operational Back-Office Commercial Back-Office

Ascendi’s Tolling Systems – General Architecture

Benefits achieved: • Processes harmonization and business optimization (business model independence –

direct toll collection; toll as a service) • Independence from the Road Side Equipment vendors and technologies (different

technologies already used (DSRC, ALPR, Traditional, all from different vendors, all integrated);

• Different Charging Schemas supported (traditional, SLFF, AET, open or closed systems); • Geography independence (operations in several countries);

• Awards:

Road Side Equipment Operational Back-Office Commercial Back-Office

Facts and figures: . More than 3.2M OBU’s issued by Portuguese Issuer; . More than 60% of all Portuguese cars are equipped with an OBU; . Transactions . 80% ETC, 11% VTC, 9% Manual . 0,7M transactions processed per day; . 1.7M customer accounts managed; . Invoices / notices . 42,5k processed per business day; . 5,2M km (aggregate distance travelled by all users) charged per day;

Ascendi’s Tolling Systems – General Architecture

Operational Flexibility

Transaction Aggregation

Dimension → Europe’s leader as private operator of a multi-vehicle category AET (MLFF);

→ Total of 126 tolling points (TP) in operation:

Feasibility → High speed motorways – DSRC technology

→ More than 99,99% system availability

→ 99,80% of vehicles detection (no speed restriction)

→ Disaster Recovery System for OBO and CBO

Ascendi’s Tolling Systems – AET System (MLFF)

→ Electronic Tolling using OBU identification;

→ Video Tolling, using ALPR in association with OCR engine;

→ Unitary transactions of a journey aggregated into a single transaction, where:

→ Client sees the travelled journey;

→ Transaction costs get optimized;

Paym

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Primary Collection (without surcharges):

• Fully Electronic payment using OBU.

• Generally supported on contract between client and OBU Issuer (debit card associated);

• Pre-payment system with client identification.

• Anonym pre-payment system admitted.

Secondary Collection (with additional administrative costs)

- Anonymous post-payment system using license plate recognition/video tolling, available for payment at Post Offices and Payshop network.

Enforced Collection for non payment (with additional administrative costs and fines – fiscal offense);

Mobile Enforcement.

Interoperability with Spain for vehicles equipped with Spanish OBU’s;

Easy-Toll system (automatic registration at the borders, using credit card account);

Electronic Vignette (casual user).

Payment Methods

Enforced Collection

Foreigners

Ascendi’s Tolling Systems – AET System (MLFF)

Nationwide Interoperability

• ETC was introduced in Portugal in 1991 by the sole Portuguese operator at that time;

• After 1999 Road Portuguese market was opened to other operators. The new concession contracts required compatibility between the electronic tolling systems National Interoperability – technical (DSRC – LDR) and commercial - was accomplished;

• In 2004 European Commission legislates on Technical Interoperability of Tolling Systems within European States (Directive 2004/52/EC – DSRC and GNSS + GSM are admitted);

• With the introduction (2010) of the AET Systems (MLFF) a technical migration (from DSRC LDR to DSRC LDR + MDR) was made Technical conditions to interoperate with other European countries was achieved.

Interoperability

International Interoperability (Portugal – Spain)

• Until 2010 there was no international interoperability between Portugal and Spain;

• With the introduction of AET Systems in Portugal all Portuguese ETC Systems have evolved to full technical compatibility with European Directive (new OBU technology);

• However, during 2 years, foreign vehicles only use in AET Systems alternative payment means supported in ALPR technologies (pre-paid vignettes or post-paid based on credit card);

• Two years operating a large network of AET Systems connecting Portugal and Spain clearly show how necessary it was having an easy tolling method International Interoperability became imperative;

• Since October 2012 it is being installed electronic interoperability between Portugal and Spain (Spanish vehicles represents around 42% of foreign vehicles in Portugal).

• Full Interoperability between all ETC Systems of the two Nations is expected by 4th quarter 2013.

Interoperability

International Interoperability (Portugal – Spain)

• In October 2012 a Pilot Project started to test Spanish and Portuguese OBU’s in each country;

Interoperability

Portugal Spain

OBU issuer Via Verde Portugal

NGB (bank) RESSA (non financial)

Geographical scope

All ETC Systems are located in the north of Portugal [Ascendi, Brisa, Cintra]

AP9 (Galiza Region), [Audasa]

Number of users

50 > 200

Interoperability Pilot Test Operational Model

Spanish OBU’s in Portugal

Spanish OBU Issuers RESSA NGB

Portuguese OBU Issuer VVP

Portuguese Concessionaires

1 – Black Lists 2 – Black Lists

3 – Transactions 3 – Transactions

5 – Acceptance / non acceptance transactions

Portuguese OBU’s in Spain

AP9 (RSE) Spanish Concession Audasa

Portuguese OBU Issuer VVP

2 – Black Lists 1 – Black Lists

3 – Transactions 2 – Transactions

5 – Acceptance / non acceptance transactions

Interoperability Pilot Test Financial Model

Spanish OBU’s in Portugal

Spanish OBU Issuers RESSA NGB

Portuguese OBU Issuer

VVP

Portuguese Concessions

2 – Invoice 4 – Money Transfer

3 – Money Transfer

Portuguese OBU’s in Spain

Spanish Concession Audasa

Portuguese OBU Issuer VVP

Portuguese User VVP Client

2 – Invoice

1 – Payment 3 – Money transfer

Spanish User

1 – Payment

International Interoperability (Portugal – Spain)

• Pilot Project ended 2nd Quarter 2013;

• In June 2013 Spanish OBUS’s from various manufacturers officially started to circulate in the Portuguese motorways;

• Portuguese OBU’s will start circulate in Spain in 4th Quarter 2013;

• The operating model adopted is similar to the one of the Pilot; in Portugal, OBU Issuer Via Verde concentrates the relationship, acting as a clearing house; in Spain the same is done by 2 / 3 ETC Issuers (Ressa, NGB, other);

• Vehicles from other countries can use other products available (MLFF) based in ALPR technology.

Interoperability

International Interoperability (Portugal –Spain)

• Facts and figures:

Interoperability

Portugal Spain

OBU technology DSCR 5.8Ghz, MDR, EC compliant

DSRC 5.8Ghz, MDR, PISTA compliant

Antennas technology Multireader (LDR + MDR) PISTA

OBU Issuers 1 54 (financial) 8 (non financial)

Concessionaires 19 34

Risk of credit Concessionaire OBU Issuer

Invoices OBU Issuer (1) Financial on request Non Financial

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