LTA calls tender for next
generation ERP system
The Land Transport Authority
(LTA) has called a tender to develop Singapore's next generation
electronic road pricing system. The new system will be based on
Global Navigation Satellite System technology.
After a 18-month evaluation,
the LTA said that it is technologically feasible to use a
navigation satellite system for road pricing in
Singapore.
This system will overcome the
constraints of physical gantries, which are costly and take up land
space, it said in a statement on Wednesday. LTA added that the
current physical gantry system, which is almost 20 years old, will
become increasingly expensive and difficult to maintain.
Another key advantage of the
new system is the ability to implement distance-based pricing along
the congested roads where road pricing is to be implemented.
Distance-based pricing as opposed to the current gantry-based
system, is more equitable as motorists will be charged
proportionate to the distance travelled on these congested roads,
it said.
LTA added that the system will
support an interactive and intelligent on-board unit which will
provide real-time traffic information tailored to their location,
as well as electronic payment for parking fees, doing away with
paper coupons.
There may also be a change in
policy for off-peak car users, who may be allowed to pay only for
using their vehicles for short periods rather than the whole day,
or for using them only on uncongested roads.
LTA has shortlisted three
consortia to participate in the upcoming tender to develop the next
generation road pricing system. They are NCS & MHI Engine
System Asia, ST Electronics (Info-Comm Systems), and Watchdata
Technologies & Beijing Watchdata System.
The contract to design and
develop the system is expected to be awarded in the second half of
2015. LTA added that it aims to implement the system from around
2020.
