THE Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) said that they are looking to implement the full interoperability of the RFID systems in Philippine tollways, as they shift to cashless toll collection this year. 

“Yung Phase 3 na tinatawag natin, one RFID one account,” TRB Spokesman Julius Corpuz was quoted as saying.

Presently the motorists uses two different RFID accounts for tollways. 

Autosweep RFID is needed for toll roads operated by the San Miguel Corporation such as Skyway, SLEX, NAIAX, STAR Tollway, MCX, and TPLEX. The Easytrip RFID meanwhile is needed is operated by the Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation (MPTC) such as NLEX, SCTEX, CAVITEX, and CALAX.

The pilot run for the project will begin on Jan. 10, Corpuz said.

“Ang target implementation po natin sana dyan by July of this year,” said Corpuz. 

Likewise, the TRB said that they are looking to fully implement cashless transactions on all major expressways this year. 

“Meron pa po kasing toll plazas na under testing at yan po’y maisasama sa dry run natin kung pumasa sa ating standards,” Corpuz said. 

If full cashless toll collection is again implemented, there will be no more cash lanes in the toll plazas of expressways.