The new normal is here. It has changed the way we live, do business, work as professionals, socialize, worship, and seek leisure. Here’s how it has changed—or is about to change—the housing and property sector. WFH setups would become the norm. 1. It will change the addresses of many...
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...
San Miguel Corporation (SMC) has reached its target 156 Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) stations a week ago (December 29) and will have 100 per cent cashless toll collection on Monday, January 11, SMC president and chief operating officer Ramon S. Ang today (Jan. 5) announced. “Back in...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) last night (Jan. 4) announced it is finalizing a nationwide interoperable Automated Fare Collections System (AFCS) for all transport modes to provide convenient payment options for urban commuters. One part of the AFCS National Standards is the EMVCo...
Cashless toll payment, or “full Radio Frequency Identification (RFID in the expressways, after whatever refinement will be mandated, is just the first stage”, according to Rodrigo E. Franco, president and CEO of the Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation (MPTC). The final stage is the vision of the...
By the end of this month, San Miguel Corporation (SMC) targets to operate 156 Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) installation stations on its toll roads, from South Luzon Expressway (SLEX), Southern Tagalog Arterial Road (STAR), Skyway, NAIA Expressway to the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union...
Over 90 percent of transactions in the country’s toll roads are now via radio frequency identification (RFID) stickers, after transport authorities enforced cashless transactions since the month began, the Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) reported. Based on the AutoSweep and Easytrip daily reports, as...
Glitches in the cashless toll system, like the one which North Luzon Expressway Corporation (NLEX Corp) admitted to, are "not new," the Toll Regulatory Board (TRB ) declared in its statement issued late last night (December 8, 2020). Such glitches are "subject to notices to correct", the TRB...
After Valenzuela City Mayor Rex Gatchalian suspended North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) Corp.'s business permit on December 7 due to traffic congestion resulting from its cashless toll collection scheme, the company said it “will implement several measures to resolve the Valenzuela issue to protect...
Day one of the 100 percent cashless toll implementation on Tuesday, December 1, had the usual glitches, coupled with traffic surges on the first workday of the week after a long weekend. And tollway concessionaires had more congestion on their gates, not because motorists didn't have Radio...
San Miguel Corporation (SMC) today (Dec. 1) reported "generally smooth" traffic along its expressways and toll plazas on the first morning of their 100% cashless toll collection. As of 10:45 AM, traffic at the STAR Tollway, Southern Luzon Expressway, the Skyway System, NAIA Expressway, and the...
San Miguel Corporation (SMC) president Ramon S. Ang appealed to the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to extend tomorrow's (December 1) deadline for cashless transactions till February for the sake of motorists scrambling to get Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) stickers. "Given the surge in...
