MALOLOS CITY—The Tollways Management Corporations (TMC)
is now implementing a real time travel advisory for the expressways north of
Manila, saying it’s the first of its kind in the country.
The travel advisory is available online on
www.tollways.net.ph and can be viewed on desktop computers or mobile gadgets
like smartphones and ad IPads.
“This is one of two innovations we are implementing in
time for the Halloween weekend,” said Benigno Valles, TMC senior manager for
corporate communications.
The other innovation is the Lakbay Norte Pass which will
ensure faster transactions on toll plaza’s as motorists will not have to pay
cash for toll fee.
Valles said that both innovations were designed for the
motorists’ comfort especially those who will travel to provinces north of
Manila before and after the All Saints day weekend.
Like in the past, the TMC which operates the North Luzon
Expressway (NLEx) and the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEx) is expecting a
15 to 20 percent increase in traffic volume on both expressways before and
after the Halloween break.
Records show that average daily traffic volume along the
NLEX is at least 155,000 vehicles. It is expected to climb to about 200,000.
Valles said that with the new innovations, motorists can
plan their travel.
He added, “if they monitored that traffic flow along NLEx
is slow, they can stop and rest for the meantime at gas stations along the
expressway.”
Updated every
minute, the TMC website according to Valles not only shows traffic conditions
on real time basis and real time travel time from one toll plaza to another. It
also provides advisory in case of accidents or road repairs.
He said that it can also be accessed using smartphones
with internet connection, but he also advised drivers to have a navigator to
read the advisories for them while driving.
With regards to the Lakbay Norte pass launched last week,
he said that it can be used from October 31 to November 4 by motorists driving
Class 1 vehicle cars and passenger vans.
A magnetic swipe card, the Lakbay Norte Pass is a prepaid
toll card available to Class 1 vehicles going to Dau, Tarlac and Subic and
those travelling back to Manila.
However, Valles said that Lakbay Norte Pass has only one
way value with specific areas for use.
The one way trip toll value of the prepaid cards are as
follows, P218 for vehicles traveling NLEx Balintawak/Mindanao Avenue to Dau or
vice versa; P322.for NLEx Balintawak/Mindanao Avenue to Tarlac or vice versa
and P408 for NLEx Balintawak/Mindanao Avenue to Subic or vice versa .
Lanes dedicated to Lakbay Norte Pass holders are located
at the Balintawak, Mindanao Avenue, Dau, Bocaue Tarlac and Subic toll gates.
The Lakbay Norte Pass can be bought at the NLEx Customer
Service Centers in Balintawak, Valenzuela, Bocaue, Tabang and San Fernando and
Shell stations in A. Bonifacio, Mindanao Avenue, Barangay Bahay Toro and
Santolan, Quezon City, Buendia, Makati and at the SBMA Tipo Total Gas station.
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