Feasibility Report on Implementing a Congestion Charging System for Reducing Air Pollution

Objectives

This coursework assignment aims to develop your skills in researchinga large network infrastructure application, assimilating the main requirements, and proposing apossible solution in the form of a feasibility report.Please submit one pdf document, which is named using the following convention: YourName_SRN_COxxxxcw#.pdf (e.g. GraceHopper_920000000_CO2222cw2.pdf)•YourName is your full name as it appears on your student record (check your student portal)

SRN is your Student Reference Number, for example 920000000

COXXXX is the course number, for example CO2222, and

cw# is either cw1 (coursework 1) or cw2 (coursework 2). It is important that your submitted coursework assignment is your own individual work and, for the most part, written in your own words. You must provide appropriate in-text citation for both paraphrase and quotation, with a detailed reference section at the end of your assignment (this should not be included in the word count). Copying, plagiarism, unaccredited and/or wholesale reproduction of material from books or from any online source is unacceptable, and will be penalised (see:how to avoidplagiarism).Objectives

To be able to research a topicalnetwork application.

To be able to perform a requirements analysis onthe necessary technology.

To be able to identify and evaluate potential solutions

To be able to present the findings in the form of a concise report.IntroductionAir pollution is a major concern around the worldand governments are introducing a series of measures to reduce levels. Emissions from private motor vehiclesare seen as one significant factor and a switch from petrol engines to electric power is underway with ambitious targets being set by governments. For example, the UK Government has recently committed to phasing out the sale of all new petrol vehicles by 2030.This however presents a problem in respect of loss of tax revenue on the sale of petrol which has been estimated as £40bn by 2030for the UK. Governments arehence looking at schemes whereby taxation is switched to distance travelled to make up suchshortfalls.Such schemes are not new,and many countries operate toll roads and anumber of cities around the world have either introduced congestion charging systems 2or are consideringto doso.A number of differenttechnologiescan be employed, for example,in Singapore wireless transponders are fitted to vehicles that are preloaded with payment that isdebitedas they passunder a gantry.In London, cameras and electronic number plate recognition is used to identify vehicles and drivers must login to make payment before the end of the day.In computer networkterms, the system in Singapore is an example of a distributed client/server network whereas that in London is acentralisedserver-based architecture.A useful overview of a number of current congestion charging systems can be found at:www.theicct.org/sites/default/files/publications/congestion_apr10.pdfAlongside environmental concerns, there are growing issues around the collection and use of personal data. This is clearly a potentially serious matter for a system that is specifically designed to track vehicles, and hence individuals, and will also need to be given proper consideration.