Highway electronic toll collection next year, will achieve nationwide networking | congestion charge | ETC_ news

Jinghua times dispatch (reporter Huang Hailei) the day before yesterday, the national highway electronic toll collection (ETC) online work held in Beijing. Said Feng zhenglin, Vice Minister of transportation, will greatly promote the ETC network and years of 14 provinces in China Unicom. In addition, the comprehensive upgrade of the ETC system, build a platform for national ETC networking clearing and settlement rules of procedure. Advance ETC in the areas of traffic congestion charge application, speed up their bus and institutions installed on the vehicle.

　Installation costs will be reduced

According to reports, meeting the relevant notice, announced the creation of the national leading group for networking ETC and expert groups, Feng zhenglin as head. He mentioned that the arrangements ETC networking implementation steps according to the country, by the end of 2014, Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi, Liaoning, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Fujian, Shandong, Shaanxi, Hunan, 14 provinces and municipalities, such as networked operation; before the end of 2015, basic implementation in all provinces (regions and municipalities), networking operation.

It is understood that at present in Beijing, Tianjin, Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong, 5 provinces and cities have been brought for networking.

At present, Beijing installed ETC takes 400 setup fee, first install recharging at least 50 Yuan, next the costs are expected to decrease. Feng zhenglin, said future also continue to extend ETC the user scale, reduce installation costs, provide the installation "one-stop" services. In addition, official vehicles and the introduction of the full allocation of Government organs and institutions of the official car installation ETC.

　　To promote to the congestion charge area

For applications ETC, in addition to collecting highway tolls, said Feng Zheng, will promote ETC in the city parking management, congestion pricing and other areas of applied research ETC co-branded cards, stored value cards, micro-payment functions towards ETC user card.

According to press reports, at present, there is a car park can be used ETC card fees in Beijing. In addition, Beijing's traffic congestion charge charge will start in 2015, at which time dependent on the technology of electronic license fees. ETC as a kind of electronic tags and license plates after binding, is also a kind of electronic license plates. However, ETC are low-speed driving conditions in vehicle deductions, receive traffic congestion charges are in a State of high speeds for deductions, ETC to a traffic congestion charge area promotion, technical modification of the current system needed to be upgraded.

Feng zhenglin said that across the country we need to concentrate on the ETC system is fully upgraded, increasing funding, technology and personnel. Ministry of transport and road network center to build a platform for national ETC networking clearing and settlement rules of procedure developed network operation rules. Meanwhile, promulgation and implementation of the toll highway electronic toll collection network operations and service specifications and its implementing rules; clear ETC lanes and customer service network of the national standards, specifications and identification, establishing data sharing, agent refill, agent service and other cooperation mechanisms, provide service functions across provinces.

As of now, construction ETC exclusive lanes for more than 7,100 pieces, ETC more than 10 million users, which Beijing more than 1.2 million users.

(Original title: ETC for charging congestion fees)

01:59 on June 11, 2014 Beijing times