New ERP system to charge based on distance via satellite

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Motorists may be charged for the distance they drive, and not only at fixed points, under a next-generation Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) system being studied by the Land Transport Authority (LTA).

Under the new system, some motorists may pay more while others will pay less, depending on the distance they travel on the congested road.

The Transport Minister, however, stressed that the new system is still “several more years” from being rolled out.

If it does, it will start off only on roads currently priced by the ERP system, and that it will continue to be used as a “congestion management tool” to be used “only where and when there is congestion”, he added.

ERP2 will not, he assured, be something that “charges the minute (motorists) leave home or start their engines” and drivers will “generally have the same paying experience”.

The new system, which uses global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) technology, works with an On-Board Unit (OBU), which will replace the existing In-Vehicle Unit (IU).

The OBU will link up with the satellite systems to check how far a vehicle travels along ERP-active roads. This would detect if drivers use only 50m or 500m, and charge accordingly.