Ed Regan, the head of traffic and revenue forecasting at transportation consultants Wilbur Smith Associates, is upsetting the conventional wisdom in the US toll industry. He is declaring that the problem of funding highways in the US is so great that it will force the country to adopt nationwide road user charging (RUC), based on GPS and the new 5.9GHz transponder. He named dates at a recent conference of the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association (IBTTA) in Toronto, Canada. He foresees the 2007 and 2008 model years as likely times when the crucial technologies for RUC will start appearing as standard factory-built items in new motor vehicles.
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机译：交通顾问威尔伯·史密斯（Wilbur Smith Associates）交通和收入预测主管埃德·里根（Ed Regan）颠覆了美国收费行业的传统观念。他宣称，美国高速公路的融资问题如此之大，以至于它将迫使该国采用基于GPS和新型5.9GHz应答器的全国道路用户收费（RUC）。他在加拿大多伦多国际桥梁，隧道和收费公路协会（IBTTA）的最近一次会议上指定了日期。他预计2007年和2008年将是RUC关键技术开始在新机动车辆中作为标准工厂制造项目出现的时候。
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