The holidays are coming, and odds are, some already have a long road trip with the family planned. This means traversing one of the country’s highways to get out of the city and close to one of the many scenic locations out of town. To ensure smooth travel through its highways, MPT Mobility...
How often do you use CALAX to go to Tagaytay? When CALAX opened, it really alleviated traffic stress and shortened the trip from Manila to Tagaytay. As an advocate of technology, I believe that the perfect road trip equation consists of a reliable car, scenic landscapes, a solid itinerary, and most...
(File photo) The Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) announced that the dry-run for the implementation of contactless toll collection already began in select toll plazas beginning Friday, Sept. 1. In an advisory, the TRB said that the dry run of the contactless toll collection through the AutoSweep and...
Senior citizens will get a 20 percent discount on the toll fees imposed by expressway and skyway operators if this measure from Quezon City 4th district Rep. Marvin Rillo gets enacted. Quezon City 4th district Rep. Marvin Rillo Rillo penned and filed House Bill (HB) No.5277, which seeks for senior...
Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos has joined several Metro Manila solons in calling on the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to hasten the implementation of its Toll Interoperability Project. Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos (Facebook) In particular, the solons want the...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) and its attached agencies should fast-track the implementation of Phase 2 and Phase 3 of the Toll Interoperability Project, lawmakers said. Neophyte lawmaker Ilocos Rep. Sandro Marcos and Valenzuela City 2nd District Rep. Eric Martinez filed House Resolution...
Vice President Leni Robredo on Tuesday, Jan. 11, agreed with the a riders’ group in pushing for the Motorcycle Taxi Law and the Philippine Road Safety Institute bill if she wins in the May 2022 polls. Vice President Leni Robredo (Mark Balmores/MANILA BULLETIN) Robredo held a consultative dialogue...
The country’s manufacturing sector has undergone significant changes in the past few years. Amid the ever-changing digital world, manufacturing organizations leaned on automation to enable innovation, faster go-to-market, and profitability. In 2020, the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated...
The 18-km elevated Skyway Stage 3 will be a no-truck zone dedicated to Class 1 vehicles with Autosweep RFID stickers starting Monday, July 12, 2021, This should address safety concerns on the elevated expressway, at the same time, limit the risk of a spread of variants of the COVID-19 virus, San...
The number of vehicles with Autosweep Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags have doubled to 2.7 million todate and still increasing, San Miguel Corporation (SMC) Wednesday, (Feb. 24) announced. From 2015 to 2019, motorists with RFID tags numbered 1.3 million, by comparison. “More and more...
More and more motorists are now equipped with RFIDs and even more expressways are opening up. In spite, of this problems at tollgates continue to be an issue. Yet you’d be surprised how many of these issues can be avoided altogether. If you frequently run into issues at expressways, we have some...
Although cash lanes continue to operate, cashless electronic toll collection for motorists using both the Skyway and the South Luzon Expressway surged 85 per cent, San Miguel Corporation (SMC) today (February 16, 2021) reported. Better yet, Autosweep RFID toll collection improved traffic throughput...
