The Transport Ministry has launched a mobile app to digitise toll-gate payments.
Motorists can download the app, M-Flow, and register their details from Tuesday.
The ministry will in January start a trial scheme to remove the toll-gate barrier at the Thap Chang Toll Gate, Motorway 9, on Bangkok’s Outer Ring Road.
The app will act as a prepaid medium so when drivers pass the gate, the app will link to their account and charge them accordingly.
Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob said yesterday that officials were considering an overhaul of toll booth payments and in future might introduce a postpaid system, in which drivers can pay with credit cards.
Such a system would allow for all toll booths to be removed and drivers charged later, said Mr Saksayam.
Mr Saksayam said the pilot scheme is the first step in the ministry’s plan to remove all toll-gate barriers by…
