Electronic Road Pricing System in Singapore
The Electronic Road Pricing System in Singapore is one of the most successful urban road pricing systems in the world. This fully automated system replaced the Area Licensing Scheme or sticker-based manual road pricing in 1998 in order to realize fair, convenient and reliable traffic demand management measures. Since its inception of operation, the system has been operating and upgraded continuously and the system carries a critical part of total transport network in Singapore.
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Client |
Land Transport Authority of Singapore |
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System Completion |
April 1998 |
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Communication Type |
Microwave DSRC |
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Frequency |
2.4 GHz (ISM band) |
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Charging Point Structure |
Gantry over roadside |
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Charging Point |
85 Gantries (as of December 2008) Expanding to date |
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Payment media |
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Enforcement |
Enforcement Camera System on gantries |
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Max Speed for Violation Vehicle Detection |
180km/h |
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Error rate of Charging Process |
3 errors from 4,300,000 transactions (proven by on-site testing) |
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Total delivered In-vehicle Unit |
2.3 millions (as of August 2008) |
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Vehicle Class |
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Foreign Vehicle |
Prepaid on check points at boarders |
Photo of Major Equipment

Gantry System

Antenna

Vehicle Detection and Classification

Enforcement Camera

Lineup of In-vehicle Unit

Fitting image of In-vehicle Unit

Dual Mode In-vehicle Unit ( since 2008 )
( Contact IC card and Contactless IC card )
Electronic Parking System ( EPS )
Mitsubishi successfully utilizes the technology of Electronic Road Pricing System for the car parking system in Singapore. Car park users may use the in-vehicle unit and IC cards for non-stop payment at the exit with neither winding down a car window nor queuing at autopay stations. More than 500 car parks adopt this EPS in Singapore.
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