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How M-Flow was designed to ease congestion

How M-Flow was designed to ease congestion

Explainer: New system promises to speed up trips

Saksayam: Pushing for toll digitalisation

Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob has a plan for the Department of Highways (DOH) and the Expressway Authority of Thailand (Exat) to improve its services using digital platforms. In November 2020, the ministry announced the implementation of a digitised toll-gate payment, known as M-Flow.

The aim is to solve traffic congestion around the toll gates and to remove all toll-gate barriers by 2024.

To make sure the project is successful, the ministry launched a one-month pilot test of a new payment system, from Oct 29-Nov 28 last year. The system had 20,609 members who joined the trial phase. The DOH did not charge for the…

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