Get RFID for Tollways by November 2
Tollway operators have long been enticing motorists to use cashless
payment options - prepaid kits like the E-Pass of old, EasyTrip Tags,
RFID. The attraction for motorists was breezing through exclusive
tollgates. No more time lost in long queues. For tollway operators:
more efficient toll collection, less need for collectors at tollgates.
The CoViD-19 pandemic has provided a more compelling reason for
contactless payment at tollways: containing the spread of the
coronavirus that has wreaked havoc in many communities and the economy.
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has ordered all tollways to
install electronic tags or other cashless systems, such as but not
limited to, RFID, Automated Fare Collection System (AFCS) , etc., for
all motorists and motor vehicles using the toll expressways and
transact only thru the cashless mode of payment of toll not later than
November 2, 2020.
Tollway operators immediately expressed support for the directive.
The Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation (MPTC) announced it was moving
to implement contactless toll payment at its expressway network that
includes the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX), Subic-Clark-Tarlac
Expressway (SCTEX), Manila-Cavite Expressway (Cavitex), and
Cavite-Laguna Expressway (CALAX).
MPTC said it was ready to shift from manual toll collection to full
RFID-enabled system while assuring that any RFID sticker installed by
its provider, Easytrip Corporation, will be compatible throughout the
MPTC network of expressways.
Free RFID stickers can be ordered by motorists from Shoppee, the MPTC
added.
Meanwhile, San Miguel Corporation (SMC) which operates, through
subsidiaries, the Skyway system, the NAIA Expressway (NAIAX), South
Luzon Expressway (SLEX), STAR Tollway, and the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La
Union Expressway (TPLEX), said it has initiated efforts to smoothly
transition to contactless toll collection.
Additional electronic toll collection lanes are being installed while
free installation of RFIDs is being undertaken at the following toll
plazas:
Skyway and NAIAX
Open 24/7:
C5 CSC Southbound
Old NAIAX-Drive Thru Westbound
Open from 8AM to 5PM:
Petron Commerce
Petron C5
Petron Dasmarinas
Petron NAIAX
Petron Valle Verde
C5 Toll Plaza Northbound
NAIAX Main Toll Plaza A
NAIAX Main Toll Plaza B
Open from 8AM to 7PM:
Shell Magallanes
Open from 6AM to 10PM:
Bicutan Toll Plaza Northbound
Nichols Toll Plaza Southbound
Runway Toll Plaza Northbound
Sucat Southbound After Exit
SLEX
Open 24/7:
After Calamba Entry Toll Gate
Southwoods Toll Plaza Northbound
Eton Toll Plaza Northbound
Open from 8AM to 5PM:
Southwoods CSC Northbound
Southwoods CSC Southbound
Ayala Greenfield CSC
Sta Rosa CSC Northbound
Sta. Rosa Southbound
MaTES Office Silangan Northbound
Petron Evia
Shell Mamplasan
Petron San Pedro
Shell Putatan
Filinvest Toll Plaza
Mamplasan Toll Plaza Northbound
Mamplasan Toll Plaza Southbound
Susana Heights Toll Plaza Southbound
Cabuyao Toll Plaza Southbound
STAR Tollway
Open from 8AM to 5PM:
Star Toll Lipa CSC (Tambo Exit)
Petron Lipa
Petron Malvar
Open from 6AM to 6PM:
Batangas Drive Thru Southbound
Sto Tomas Drive Thru Northbound
Lipa Drive Thru Southbound
TPLEX
Open 24/7:
TPLEX Tarlac Main Office Northbound
Open from 8AM to 5PM:
Petron Pura Northbound
Petron Pura Southbound
Open from 7AM to 4PM:
Carmen Toll Plaza
Pura Toll Plaza
Rosario Toll Plaza
Tarlac Toll Plaza
Urdaneta Toll Plaza
Victoria Toll Plaza
SMC said it is partnering with various online payment platforms to make it
easier to load RFID accounts.
