Cash lanes sa ilang expressways, mawawala muna simula Sept. 1 para sa 2-month trial ng contactless toll collection ng TRB
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00:00 The toll regulatory board has announced that motorists who do not have an RFID will still be able to pass through the expressway.
00:08 This is the start of the dry run of contactless payments in some toll plazas in September.
00:14 Karen Villanda is live in the center of the news.
00:21 Naomi, since September, the toll regulatory board will now conduct a two-month trial for contactless toll.
00:29 This means that there are toll plazas that will lose their cash lanes within two months,
00:35 including the one we are building in Mexico Exit in Pampanga.
00:40 Since September 1, cash lanes in toll plazas of some expressways will lose their cash lanes.
00:48 The main alpha, entry and exit of NICOL in Skyway, North and Southbound toll plazas in South Luzon Expressway are included.
00:56 In Enlex, the tolls in North and Southbound of Pulilan, Ciudad de Victoria, San Simon Northbound, Mexico and Dau Southbound,
01:06 as well as S-Fex and Dolores S-Tex and other toll plazas in expressways are included.
01:11 This is for the two-month trial of the contactless toll collection that the toll regulatory board will conduct
01:17 to test if the expressways can remove the cash lanes and only the RFID lanes will remain.
01:25 This is also in accordance with the resolution that the Committee on Transportation passed for the implementation of the contactless program.
01:33 But how will those who do not have RFID pass?
01:37 According to the TRB, they can still pass and they will not be arrested.
01:41 All the CTC lanes that are located in the CTC lane will be directed to a place where they can buy their cash without RFID.
01:55 We will ask them to place RFID in that place. If there is no RFID sticker there, we will give them a guide on the nearest RFID installation.
02:10 We are really trying to support them. We hope you will support our efforts to make it an electronic toll collection system.
02:23 That is the fastest and most convenient way to improve the traffic flow to our toll plazas.
02:36 Some motorists favor the RFID lane for all toll plazas.
02:41 But what if the RFID is not loaded?
02:45 I will accept it. But what if others do not have G-Cash? How will they use the cash flow?
02:51 If you do not have G-Cash, you will not be able to use it.
02:56 The toll regulatory board wants the motorists to be disciplined
03:00 to ensure that the RFID is loaded before entering the expressway so that it will not affect the motorists in the toll plaza.
03:08 It is also possible to get an E-C-Trip and Auto-Swift card from the motorist if they pass through the RFID lane several times.
03:16 For Leo, before he gets his RFID inspected, he should ensure that the toll operators' system is in order.
03:24 If you are in a queue in the RFID lane, sometimes the queue is long.
03:32 It is better to use the cash lane.
03:35 Unlike the RFID, sometimes the queue is long.
03:39 The TRB conducted a special performance audit on the 770 ETC of the toll plaza from February to June this year.
03:48 Some toll plazas have exceeded the 98% readability rate.
03:52 While others have also passed the account management or the quick transmission of tolls and the correct reduction of the RFID of the motorist.
04:01 But based on the results, the TRB still needs to conduct a two-month trial for the implementation of the Contactless Toll Collection
04:09 to see what needs to be improved and changed by the expressway operators in their system in order to implement the RFID system.
04:18 Naomi, every week, the toll plaza lists can be counted in the trial run of the two...
04:29 If we can remember, Naomi, in August 2020, the DOTR will require cashless payment for the expressways.
04:39 But in November 2020, they received complaints from the motorists about the biased RFID system of the toll operators.
04:47 That's why the cash...
04:50 Karen, when is the target implementation of the full Contactless Toll Collection after the dry run?
04:57 Yes, Naomi, according to the TRB, it depends on the assessment of the two-month trial run.
05:06 If it's okay and it's good, they will immediately recommend the result to the DOTR to implement the Contactless Toll.
05:15 But if the result is not good, the problems need to be solved immediately.
05:20 The problems can be stopped so that the Contactless Toll can be implemented.
05:25 Naomi.
05:26 And Karen, are the problems about the RFID system in the past fixed?
05:32 Yes, Naomi, those problems are now included.
05:39 Those who cannot read RFID, that's why the motorists collect the RFID lanes and traffic.
05:47 According to the Toll Collectory Board, they are fixing that problem and they have replaced the stickers of those motorists to read the RFID lanes.
06:00 Actually, Naomi, until now, their replacement program is ongoing.
06:04 We are also waiting for the readers who are replacing the Toll Plaza.
06:09 Thank you very much, Karen Bilianda.