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This is regarding the launch of a "next-generation electronic road-pricing (ERP) system". Implementation of this system is touted by the government as a means to: Alert you of toll roads and charges before you reach them, provide real-time traffic information, coupon-less streetside parking, automatic payment for off-peak drivers, and it’ll be able to bill you for your distance travelled. HOWEVER, it is clear that this is without a doubt a serious and blatant breach of privacy at worst and a shady means to passively tax vehicle owners at best.

LTA announced that it has awarded the tender to build next generation satellite-based Electronic Road Pricing to a consortium comprising of NCS and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engine System Asia. This contract is worth S$556 million and LTA rates this proposal as the best value for money. Development will start in late 2016 and LTA expects it to be operational by 2020.

The government has now made it easier for them to collect ERP from motorists. A new "virtual cash card" was launched by Nets, with the help of the Land Transport Authority, will now allow motorists to pay their Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) tax even if they have no cash card in their in-vehicle units (IU) or have too little value in their cards to pay the toll. The virtual cards, known as vCashCards, will be launched on Thursday.

The Land Transport Authority [LTA] announced yesterday 27 April 2015 that 9 Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) gantries will see rates increase by S$1 from next Monday after its quarterly review of traffic conditions. Each of the three gantries along the city-bound Ayer-Rajah Expressway (AYE) after Jurong Town Hall will start charging S$1 between 7am and 7.30am. There is no charge currently.

Singapore will be installing ERP gantries at both Woodlands and Tuas checkpoints. From May 1 onwards, foreign cars entering Singapore from Malaysia will be charged a grand total of three times by three different ERP gantries placed one after another at the checkpoints. This bold move is made in response to Malaysia's decision to increase levy of Singapore vehicles entering Malaysia to RM20, which angered many Singaporeans, including Singapore's Minister of Finance, Tharmarde Shanmugaratnam.

A new road pricing system that relies on Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) technology can help traffic management in many ways, said Transport Minister Lui Tuck Yew on Monday (Nov 3), who told Parliament that it would not financially prudent to continue with the current Electronic Road Pricing gantry system in the long term.

THE use of Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) has made it possible for more Singaporeans to own cars. Responding to a question for written reply in Parliament on Monday, Transport Minister Raymond Lim said this is reflected in the growth of Singapore's car population from 680,000 in 1997 to 800,000 in 2006. In his reply, Mr Lim said since its implementation in 1998, ERP has been effective in maintaining average travel speeds on priced roads within the optimal speed range through regular reviews and rate adjustments. For example, average speeds on the expressways have remained at above 45km/h during peak hours.

Defending the ERP system in Parliament yesterday (9 Sep), Senior Minister of State for Transport Josephine Teo cited figures to justify the “effectiveness of ERP”. She said that more than three-quarters of the 74 ERP gantries have not had their rates changed in the last three years. Of the quarter of 74 ERP gantries that saw changes with 8 showed a discernible upward trend in rates, congestion in those roads was reduced. Speeds rose an average of 7% per dollar increase, she noted of the eight gantries.

MORE than three-quarters of Singapore's 74 electronic road pricing (ERP) gantries have not had their rates changed in the last three years, Senior Minister of State for Transport Josephine Teo said in Parliament yesterday. Of those that saw changes, only eight showed a discernible upward trend in rates, she added.

ELECTRONIC Road Pricing (ERP) rates will be reduced by either 50 cents or $1 at several expressways and arterial roads for the June school holidays, when lighter traffic is expected. The seasonal reduction from May 31 to June 28 will see most ERP charges lowered to $1 or zero. Charges will revert to those for the pre-school holiday period from June 30. For the full listing of rates, visit www.onemotoring.com.sg, and search for "ERP".