San Miguel Corporation (SMC)'s waived toll fees for medical front liners totalled over P138 million as of Sunday, December 20, nine months after implementing the “no toll fees” policy at all its operating expressways and pledged to extend it "indefinitely". The program, which continued non-stop...
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...
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...
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...
Transport authorities can no longer postpone the contactless toll payment scheme beyond next month, December 1, 2020, although the tollway systems of expressway companies are not yet interoperable. The Department of Transportation (DOTr) issued the statement last night (November 5, 2020)....
In response to the clamor of motorists, who have yet to install Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) stickers on their vehicles, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) today moved back the deadline for cashless collections on toll roads from November 2 to December 1, 2020. This means the cashless...
