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The House Committee on Transportation chaired by Antipolo City Representative Romeo Acop is set to file a resolution recommending to scrap or delay the implementation of the Joint Memorandum Circular (JMC) which would penalize motorists with insufficient or zero load balance on radio frequency identification devices (RFID), as well as with dilapidated electronic identifier device […]
The House of Representatives received an assurance that millions of senior citizens and persons with disability (PWDs) would soon enjoy a 20-percent discount on the use of expressways and skyways in Metro Manila, Southern Luzon, and Northern Luzon.The committees on ways and means, senior citizens and special committee on PWDs were given the commitment by […]
SMC Infrastructure says it is ready to implement the government’s renewed push for a cashless and contactless payment system along expressways. This is in line with its commitment to provide seamless travel and enhance experience for millions of motorists utilizing road networks it operates. The Department of Transportation (DOTr), through its Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) […]
Starting December 1, 2022, SMC Infrastructure implements its “Seamless Southern Tollways” program which will eliminate the need for northbound and southbound motorists to do multiple toll stops within the expressways. For years, it’s been the expected travel pattern of Southern Luzon-bound motorists: Stop for toll and encounter traffic buildups at the South Luzon Expressway’s (SLEX) […]
More loopholes were uncovered in the implementation of cashless transactions in toll ways, according to Senator Win Gatchalian, which prompted Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur Tugade to accede to the overall impression of failure of leadership and failure of enforcement of regulatory officials manning the expressways. Senators were told during the recent hearing on […]
Senator Win Gatchalian is urging the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and toll operators to address the traffic jams along expressways brought about by motorists queueing to have radio-frequency identification (RFID) stickers installed on their vehicles. Gatchalian recommended the setting up of additional installation sites to accommodate all motorists who are enrolling for the electronic toll […]
Senator Grace Poe urged the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to examine the entire process of the cashless payment system on toll roads to avoid any miscalculation that will shortchange motorists. “Motorists should not be made to further suffer in their effort to comply with the government regulation to shift to a cashless toll system,” stressed […]