GPS toll test from Feb, in beginning of end for FASTag
Mint Mumbai|January 15, 2024
The Centre plans to begin testing GPS-based toll collections on five to 10 highways from next month, a top government official said. 
Subhash Narayan
GPS toll test from Feb, in beginning of end for FASTag

GPS tolling, which is faster and more efficient, is expected to ultimately replace the existing FASTag-based tolling system.

The new system will be piloted on limited highway stretches before it is rolled out nationwide, roads ministry secretary Anurag Jain said.

"Highway developer National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is working on satellite-or GPS-based tolling that would introduce a more equitable way of collecting tolls on highways. There are a few concerns on the new system that would be addressed and the learnings from initial projects would make way for devising a foolproof system of tolling that would later be available on more and more highway stretches," Jain said.

Under the new system, toll will be collected on the go, ending the need for dedicated toll plazas. This will require geofencing of highways using global positioning system (GPS) or radio frequency identification (RFID) technologies to create a virtual geographic boundary, which would enable the software to trigger a response when a mobile device enters or leaves the fenced-off area.

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