A poster (photographed by Yohei Nakajima) that tells the Metropolitan Expressway ETC dedicated.
The Metropolitan Expressway held a regular interview with President Nobuhiro Maeda on Wednesday, January 12, 2022, and explained the "ETC -dedicated" of some entrances held in the spring.[Cash cars and kicking!Looking at the entrance that is exclusively for ETC in the image, it is a measure based on the ETC exclusive Roadmap on the highway launched by the government in 2020.Or, the existing entrance is exclusively for ETC.On January 12, a special page was set up on the Metropolitan Expressway website to convey ETC dedicated to ETC.There are 35 places where the Baba entrance (K7 Yokohama Kita Line), which is already exclusively for ETC, is 35 places.NEXCO East and NEXCO Central Japan also use some ICs for ETC at the same time, but in the number, the Metropolitan Expressway cuts the lead.The new entrance, which is newly exclusively for ETC, is as follows.The ★ will be 5 places from March 1st, and the rest will be exclusively for ETC from April 1st.● C1 Motor Heart Line, Kasumigaseki (Inner), Kasumigaseki (outside), Aido Town (inside) ● 1 Haneda Line, Airport West (upper) ● No. 4 Shinjuku Line, Shinjuku (upper), Hatsudai (lower), Hatagaya (Hatagaya)Above) ● Ikebukuro Line / Hitotsubashi (bottom) ★ ・ Gokokuji Temple (upper) ● No. 6 Line, Miko Line, Hamacho (up and down), Kahei
Support lane is also guided (Yohei Nakajima).
According to President Nobuhiro Maeda, these entrance selected "ETC utilization rate is high and alternative entrance is near."Instead of switching at a stretch, he will first take five places in March in March to consider the necessary measures from the operation status.However, in some cases, the substitute entrance is far apart.For example, when heading from the C1 Kasumigaseki to the 3rd Shibuya Line, cash cars are called to bypass the Shibuya entrance.In the entrance toll booth, which is exclusively for ETC, the existing "general" lane or "etc / general" lane will be changed to "support" and "ETC / support" lane.This is to respond to "miscellaneous" cash vehicles.However, it is said that cash cannot be used at all with the Metropolitan Expressway support lane, and he will guide you about postpaid settlement.Basically, the entrance dedicated to ETC is said to be "cash cars cannot be used".The ETC usage rate of Metropolitan Expressway is 96 on average all cars.It is 8 % (November 2021), and promotion of ETC dedicated to ETC is a measure based on this high ETC usage rate.From April 1st, the use of cash at the Metropolitan Expressway will be raised from 1320 yen to 1950 yen by ordinary car regardless of the section, and the use of cash will be increasingly disadvantageous.However, among the model categories, "light / motorcycle" has an ETC usage rate of 90..It can be said that it is slightly lower to 2 %, especially the ETC penetration rate of motorcycles is lower than the four wheels.Road companies, including the Metropolitan Expressway, will also develop a subsidy campaign for ETC in -vehicle equipment, and will strive to spread it.In the Metropolitan Expressway, 90 % of the 179 tollgates by 2025 will be dedicated to ETC only around 2030.As a result, it is possible to reduce congestion by setting fees that change flexibly according to the road conditions, maintain functions in the difficulties of securing the human resources for tollgates, and reduce the risk of infectious diseases.
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