ISLAMABAD: The National Highway Authority (NHA) is devising an innovative plan for commuters on motorways and highways to pay the toll tax via mobile phones and credit cards, which would help reducing bottlenecks at toll plazas and save time. The Authority has installed E-tag facility on M-1, M-3 and M-4 while Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) has installed M-tag on M-2 (Islamabad-Lahore). The E-tag electronic tolling is based on Radio Frequency Identification (RFI) and transponders are using the Dedicated Short-range Communications (DSRC) protocol. The system uses electronic transponders called E-tags mounted on inside of the vehicles’ windscreen. The National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) is providing E-tag services to NHA on motorways (M-1, M-3 and M-4). E-tag is a free flow tolling electronic toll collection system that includes transparency in toll collection, availability of data such as CNIC, registration, model and make and rechargeable credit mechanism.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 2nd, 2016.
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