Which RFID are you sticking with?
by Billy Caluag
Remember, EasyTrip RFIDs are free
Metro Pacific Tollways has added a helpful feature to its MPT DriveHub app. Drivers and app users can now schedule their EasyTrip RFID installations directly on DriveHub, with the option to choose their installation location, date, and time. There are certified EasyTrip
by Billy Caluag
Drive safely, everyone
Are you due to get a Compulsory Third Party Liability (CTPL) insurance policy? While we hope you never need to use it, CTPL helps protect fellow road users and passengers in the event of a collision or similar types of accidents.Conveniently,
by Billy Caluag
He also says RFID systems must be working properly before the policy is rolled out
Secretary Vince Dizon faced the media for the first time today, February 21, as the new head of the Department of Transportation (DOTr). His hour-long briefing covered various transport issues, and at the very end of it, he announced that the
Are you among the 3%?
In case you missed the update, the implementation of the 'no valid ETC device, no entry' policy on tollways will begin on March 15, 2025. Basically, a motorist who enters an expressway without the correct RFID sticker affixed to their vehicle will
Medical teamsand tow trucks will be stationed all weekend long
Metro Pacific Tollways (MPTC) is gearing up for the long weekend across all its expressways this Undas 2024. The Safe Trip Mo, Sagot Ko (SMSK) program is in full effect to ensure motorists and their vehicles are taken care of.Motorists heading
Here’s how you can take care of your RFIDs
Concerns have risen among motorists ever since the Department of Transportation (DOTr) mandated toll concession holders to implement cashless systems.Passing through expressways now uses radio frequency identification (RFID) for automatic tracking. The cashless electronic toll collection (ETC) systems and RFID stickers
by Kara Santos
They should be installed on windshields instead
After postponing the implementation of Joint Memorandum Circular 2024-001 (JMC 2024-001), which defines the new guidelines and penalties for the use of RFID-based electronic toll collection on expressways, the Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) is now taking a closer look
The same goes for the minimum reloading amount
In case you missed it, the implementation of Joint Memorandum Circular 2024-001 (JMC 2024-001), which covers the new RFID-related guidelines for vehicles traveling on expressways, has been moved-again-to 2025. This is to give toll operators and motorists
Toll collection at this segment of Cavitex has already begun
Three months after the Cavitex C5 Link Sucat Interchange first became operational, toll fees are now being collected for this segment of the expressway.The collection of toll fees began on September 23 in line with an issuance made by the Toll
The new measure was supposed to be implemented in October
Following a series of public consultations on Joint Memorandum Circular No. 2024-001, (JMC 2024-001) or the 'Revised guidelines for all vehicles traveling on toll expressways,' the Department of Transportation (DOTr) is again moving the implementation of the new RFID-related
Here’s what happens if you don’t have an RFID sticker installed
Manila-Cavite Expressway (CAVITEX) will be the latest expressway system to implement RFID-based cashless toll collection at all toll plazas beginning September 14, 2024.The announcement, released by the Toll Regulatory Board (TRB), states that the Parañaque (R1 Expressway) and
Instead of August 31
The implementation of Joint Memorandum Circular No. 2024-001, or the 'Revised guidelines for all vehicles traveling on toll expressways,' will now begin on October 1, 2024, instead of the end of August.The Department of Transportation (DOTr), which issued the circular
“Our sincerest apologies to our customers whose experience was less than ideal”
Weeks ago, Easytrip began notifying customers with faulty RFID stickers that they needed to get replacement stickers for their vehicles by June 17, 2024. The notification was sent via text message-and may have been ignored by some people who dismissed it
Don’t ignore it
The SMS spam issue has been hounding us for years now. Even with the passage of the Sim Registration Act, it would seem that the amount of spam we have been receiving has been increasing at an exponential rate. So when we
Just reminding everyone to be responsible road users
Check your RFID load before passing through
How do you think the dry run of the cashless tollway system is faring now that we're a month into it? Has your experience at toll plazas improved, or is it more of the same thing?The dry run, as you
Part of the third batch of toll plazas in the cashless toll system dry run
We're now going two weeks into the dry run of the cashless tollway system, which means it's time for a new batch of toll plazas to be added to the scheme.The Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) has released the third
Only RFID payments will be accepted
Almost a week into the dry run of the cashless tollway system, the Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) has released the second batch of toll plazas that will be participating in this two-month scheme. These toll plazas-all at expressways using Autosweep
Just in time for the dry run for cashless tollways
Have you got your Easytrip and Autosweep stickers ready yet for the upcoming cashless tollway initiative? If you use the expressways often, you might want to start working on that soon.If you live down south and you still don't have
It’s actually pretty simple
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) and Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) will once again attempt to implement an RFID-only policy on major tollways at the start of September. Remember the chaos that ensued back in October 2020? We do.But it's
