With no plans to alter current road pricing rates and methods, why change the system at all? A P Gopinath Menon, who oversaw the implementation of the original Electronic Road Pricing system in 1998, weighs in.
Come 2025, the IUs will be replaced by a touch-screen on-board unit display under the new system, ERP 2.0. According to the LTA, ERP 2.0 is merely replicating ERP 1.0, and the charging rates are not expected to vary significantly.
However, this then begs several questions: Why not stick to ERP 1.0 instead of investing in a much more expensive ERP 2.0? If the new road pricing system is not immediately providing a more effective method of traffic control, why change the system at all?
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