Which RFID are you sticking with?
by Billy Caluag
But interoperability between tollways requires cashless systems, says SMCI
Metro Pacific Tollways (MPTC) and SMC Infrastructure (SMCI) have agreed to suspend plans to make toll collection on their respective expressways fully cashless. Initially, the Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) directed the two operators to implement a 'no valid ETC device, no entry'
by Billy Caluag
He also says RFID systems must be working properly before the policy is rolled out
Secretary Vince Dizon faced the media for the first time today, February 21, as the new head of the Department of Transportation (DOTr). His hour-long briefing covered various transport issues, and at the very end of it, he announced that the
Are you among the 3%?
In case you missed the update, the implementation of the 'no valid ETC device, no entry' policy on tollways will begin on March 15, 2025. Basically, a motorist who enters an expressway without the correct RFID sticker affixed to their vehicle will
Here we go again
Beginning March 15, 2025, all vehicles must have a valid electronic toll collection (ETC) device in order to use toll expressways, the Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) has announced.Specifically, the ETC device is the RFID sticker attached to a vehicle and linked
This system is called the multi-lane free-flow (MLFF)
It's not just NLEX Air that's in the works for the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX). Its operator NLEX Corporation has also shared that barrierless tollways are also now in the pipeline.During the recently held Transport Con 2024, NLEX Corporation
Here’s how you can take care of your RFIDs
Concerns have risen among motorists ever since the Department of Transportation (DOTr) mandated toll concession holders to implement cashless systems.Passing through expressways now uses radio frequency identification (RFID) for automatic tracking. The cashless electronic toll collection (ETC) systems and RFID stickers
by Kara Santos
They should be installed on windshields instead
After postponing the implementation of Joint Memorandum Circular 2024-001 (JMC 2024-001), which defines the new guidelines and penalties for the use of RFID-based electronic toll collection on expressways, the Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) is now taking a closer look
The same goes for the minimum reloading amount
In case you missed it, the implementation of Joint Memorandum Circular 2024-001 (JMC 2024-001), which covers the new RFID-related guidelines for vehicles traveling on expressways, has been moved-again-to 2025. This is to give toll operators and motorists
The new measure was supposed to be implemented in October
Following a series of public consultations on Joint Memorandum Circular No. 2024-001, (JMC 2024-001) or the 'Revised guidelines for all vehicles traveling on toll expressways,' the Department of Transportation (DOTr) is again moving the implementation of the new RFID-related
Here’s what happens if you don’t have an RFID sticker installed
Manila-Cavite Expressway (CAVITEX) will be the latest expressway system to implement RFID-based cashless toll collection at all toll plazas beginning September 14, 2024.The announcement, released by the Toll Regulatory Board (TRB), states that the Parañaque (R1 Expressway) and
Instead of August 31
The implementation of Joint Memorandum Circular No. 2024-001, or the 'Revised guidelines for all vehicles traveling on toll expressways,' will now begin on October 1, 2024, instead of the end of August.The Department of Transportation (DOTr), which issued the circular
Only if the queue reaches three vehicles
Are you tired of malfunctioning RFID readers ruining your drive? If this new proposal goes into effect, long queues at toll booths may soon be a thing of the past.Senator Raffy Tulfo is proposing that toll booths lift their barriers and
by Drei Laurel
“Our sincerest apologies to our customers whose experience was less than ideal”
Weeks ago, Easytrip began notifying customers with faulty RFID stickers that they needed to get replacement stickers for their vehicles by June 17, 2024. The notification was sent via text message-and may have been ignored by some people who dismissed it
Don’t ignore it
The SMS spam issue has been hounding us for years now. Even with the passage of the Sim Registration Act, it would seem that the amount of spam we have been receiving has been increasing at an exponential rate. So when we
This is a complex issue
The punishing Metro Manila gridlock is causing our blood pressures to elevate every day. During rush hour you will constantly hear horns blaring as drivers vent their frustration.The expressways were supposed to be help ease the gridlock, but there are so
by Dinzo Tabamo
End-to-end usage will now cost P81 for Class 1 vehicles.
Anyone here who's been enjoying their free use of the Silang (Aguinaldo) Interchange of the Cavite-Laguna Expressway (CALAX)? Well, that's set to change, as MPCALA Holdings and Metro Pacific Tollways South (MPT South) will now begin collecting toll fees.
Just reminding everyone to be responsible road users
No more Autosweep/Easytrip confusion?
The government has been pushing for tollways to shift to cashless for several years now. One of the biggest problems that reluctant motorists have had for a while, however, is the fact that you have to maintain two different accounts for the
Check your RFID load before passing through
How do you think the dry run of the cashless tollway system is faring now that we're a month into it? Has your experience at toll plazas improved, or is it more of the same thing?The dry run, as you
Part of the third batch of toll plazas in the cashless toll system dry run
We're now going two weeks into the dry run of the cashless tollway system, which means it's time for a new batch of toll plazas to be added to the scheme.The Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) has released the third
