Bataan 1st district Rep. Geraldine Roman has joined the chorus of those asking the country’s expressway operators to expedite the integration process of their respective toll collection systems. (MANILA BULLETIN) Roman did so during Holy Week, when Filipinos traditionally leave the city for the...
SMC Infrastructure on Thursday, December 1, 2022, implemented its “Seamless Southern Tollways” program to eliminate multiple toll stops for northbound and southbound motorists. For years, Southern Luzon-bound motorists stop for toll and encounter traffic buildups at the South Luzon...
Rodrigo E. Franco, President and CEO, Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation. Around the world, countries continue the thrust towards smart urban mobility as part of their nation-building journey. As an advocate of driving smart urban mobility in the Philippines, Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation...
Manny Pangilinan-led Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation (MPTC) on Monday signed definitive agreements to purchase significant minority stake in Byahe (registered as On-Us Solutions Inc). The investment will be made through MPT Mobility Corp., MPTC’s unit for mobility services. L-R, front:...
Program to benefit children in more cities Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation (MPTC), a subsidiary of Metro Pacific Investments Corporation, signed a multi-year agreement with UNICEF to help support 100 schools in high-risk areas, reaching potentially 20,000 children. MPTC’s support for promoting...
An infrastructure-oriented think tank is calling on the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to implement a "no contact apprehension" system in the country's major tollways as more Metro Manila cities embrace technology in managing traffic. Bocaue barrier at the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX). (FILE...
Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (MPIC) is aiming to earn P12 billion in core net income this year after registering a 34 percent drop in core profits to P10.2 billion in 2020 due to the economic contraction brought about by the pandemic. “We look forward to the gradual recovery of our...
As part of its sustainable development initiative, Metro Pacific launched a mangrove propagation project on the site of its P30-billion Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX). Mangroves are the only natural forests found in Cordova and the center was the first of its kind in the Visayas and the third...
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...
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...
Toll operators have agreed to conduct joint testing for the interoperability of their systems to make travel easier for motorists and commuters as soon as possible. The Department of Transportation (DOTr) today (December 7, 2020) announced that the SMC TPLEX Corp. (SMCTC), the Metro Pacific...
