Go automatically to the highway, without barriers, 5 times faster than before



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The beginning of the year 64. Press the M-FLOW button, run first, pay later. The Highway Department “Expressway-Expressway” has not finished updating the system. Postponed to check in on this December D-day after the new year, try running the outer ring “Thap Chang-Thanyaburi Toll Plaza” Ping Idea takes out an Easy Pass card to join the traffic jam and use it on the highway system.

Ms Trisulee Traisanakul, Deputy Spokesperson for the Prime Minister’s Office, said the Ministry of Transport is preparing to pilot a new smart toll collection system (M Flow) to help resolve traffic jams on motorways and freeways. Reduce traffic congestion around the toll gate. Increase user safety on trips

Start of the motorway – motorway

By the Roads Department It will be piloted on Interurban Highway No. 9 (Kanjanapisek) in early 2021 by upgrading 4 pilot checkpoints: Thap Chang 1, Thap Chang 2, Thanyaburi 1 and Thanyaburi 2.

While the Highway Authority of Thailand (EXAT) will be piloted at the Chalong Rat Highway Chatuchot Sukaphiban 5-1 Toll Plaza and Ram Inthra Toll Plaza control area

The M Flow system is the use of artificial intelligence technology to develop a system for charging pass fees with a camera to record the image of a car license plate. Instead of an automatic toll collection system Allow car users to pass through the control area Without stopping or slowing down the car With a speed of up to 160 km / h, it helps to drain 2,000 to 2,500 cars / hour / lane. 5 times faster than previous systems

Support for use with all types of vehicles that can circulate on the highway or interurban highway, including 4-wheel vehicles, 6-wheel vehicles and vehicles with more than 6 wheels, payment by electronic means after using the service or the Post Payment system . Either in the form of payment individually or paying according to billing cycle. This includes payment via the M-Flow system website or mobile app, as well as the QR code payment system and automatic payment system.

Ms Trisulee reiterated that Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha wants all government agencies to adopt digital technology in accordance with Thailand policy 4.0, especially the development of public service to be of higher quality. In the coming year, Expressway users between Mueang No.9 and Chalong Rat Expressway will experience a new dimension of service that the Department of Roads and the national highway will also prepare to expand the effect of the M Flow system to be applied to the highway between the city and other highways in the future.

Highway 64, used

Mr. Sarawut Songsivilai, Director General of the Department of Roads (TLS) revealed to “Prachachat Business” that the advancement of the installation of the toll collection system without barrier (M-Flow) is in the process of functioning as a Department The Company has issued 3 tender announcements, the budget runs more than 300 million baht, which has been completed, consisting of

1. Installation of the system infrastructure It will be a specialized hardware system, the amount of 179 million baht, now the contractor has been 2. Management of the 120 million baht toll collection system, such as the installation of a camera for detect a license plate. Monitoring of the toll collection between the auction and the 3rd .. Demolition, assembly, installation of structures for use in the installation of signaling. Modify messages and automatic toll collection equipment without barrier. At the Thap Chan and Thanyaburi checkpoint with a budget of 8.83 million baht, which is expected to be completed in November 2020

Postponed to register to dec.

Regarding the public to register to test the system It may not be completed in time for November 2020 because the 3 previous works are not finished yet. Therefore, registration must open in December. It will start at Thap Chang and Thanyaburi Toll Gate on Highway No. 9, Eastern Outer Ring Road. (Bang Pa-in – Bang Phli) in January 2021.

Collect the Easy Pass.

On November 18, 2020, discussed in the Board of Directors (Board), the Highway Authority of Thailand (EXAT) found that the number of Easy Pass members has a total of 2 million people, an account with 700,000 movements. Of these 700,000 people, 79% of the use of the highways and expressways of the Department of Roads (TorLor), which the Department is interested in attracting this group of people to use the M-FLOW system in consultation with EXAT is a guide for these people to use the M-FLOW system.

Upspeed 120 awaits 2 ministerial regulations.

Regarding the advancement of increasing the speed of all types of vehicles on roads with 4 lanes or more From a speed of no more than 90 km / h to a speed of no more than 120 km / h, the Department has improved the structure of the road to be piloted. Highway 32 or Asian Road Bang Pa-in – Chainat, a distance of 50 km, has been completed and is waiting for the Office of Transportation and Traffic Policy and Planning (OTP) to review two laws related to the regulation of the speed, namely

Ministerial Regulation issued by virtue of the Road Traffic Law 2522, which determines the speed rate according to the type of zone. And the Ministerial Regulations issued under the Highway Law of 1992, the rates of speeding according to the characteristics of the road should be reviewed. To be consistent



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