ERP rates lowered?

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ERP rates lowered

ERP rates at some gantries will be lowered by between 50 cents to a dollar from next week onwards.
ERP rates for some gantries reduced during Dec school holiday

<cite class="auth">Channel NewsAsia - Monday, November 10
</cite>SINGAPORE: The Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) rates at some gantries will be reduced by between 50 cents and S$1 during the December school holiday.
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Rates at the Central Expressway (CTE), Pan—Island Expressway (PIE), Shenton Way, Bendemeer, Thomson and Lor 6 Toa Payoh gantries will be cut from Saturday (15 November) till 31 December. The ERP rates will revert to the pre—school holiday rates from 2 January 2009. The Land Transport Authority (LTA) says the next ERP rate review is in February, which is the first quarterly review for 2009.
— CNA/yb

 

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Commuters can pay for SMRT taxi fares with ez—link cards from Dec

Commuters can pay for SMRT taxi fares with ez—link cards from Dec

<cite class="auth">Channel NewsAsia - Monday, November 10</cite>
SINGAPORE: Commuters can pay for taxi fares on SMRT cabs with ez—link cards from next month.

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</noscript>SMRT Taxis is the first taxi operator in Singapore to offer cashless ez—link payment for cab fares. There will be a 10—cent administrative charge for each transaction but SMRT says it will be waived until 2010. SMRT will install the ez—link payment readers on 600 taxis by the end of this month. All 3000 SMRT cabs will be fitted with the new readers by March 2009.
— CNA/yb