The NLEX-SCTEX toll plazas reported light traffic in recent weeks, even during the holiday rush, after the operator carried out measures to control congestion. NLEX Corporation is still enhancing its Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) system to enable faster reading, upgrading antennas and...
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...
Easily the biggest news for motorists over the holidays was the highly anticipated opening of the Skyway Stage 3 , the elevated expressway that speeds up travel between the north and south points of Metro Manila. Bear in mind that, while the Skyway Stage 3 has been opened, it’s still on a partial...
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...
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) 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...
The rush to get an RFID installed has never been more palpable, particularly because the looming December 1, 2020 cashless transactions for tollways is approaching. While electronic toll collection has long been offered by our country’s toll operators, it’s only now that their value is more...
To cope with the skyrocketing demand for free Autosweep Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) stickers before the December 1, 2020 full implementation of cashless toll fees at major expressways, San Miguel Corporation (SMC) is putting up 100 additional RFID installation sites to serve motorists...
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...
San Miguel Corporation (SMC) has given motorists without Autosweep Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) a whole month's grace period. “From Nov. 2 to 30, vehicles without RFID will still be allowed to enter all SMC-operated expressways - the Southern Tagalog Arterial Road (STAR), South Luzon...
A guide to RFIDs and tollways With travel already challenging as it is, no doubt many are currently worried about the impending cashless transaction deadline for all major tollways in Luzon. By November 2, all major tollways in Luzon will go fully cashless, which means any and all vehicles passing...
