{"id":10691,"date":"2020-10-22T14:51:58","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T06:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.carro.sg\/?p=10691"},"modified":"2025-11-18T17:47:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T09:47:28","slug":"erp-satellite-system-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/erp-satellite-system-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"New Satellite-Based ERP System by 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Straits Times <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/transport\/new-erp-system-to-start-2023-but-no-distance-based-charging-just-yet\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">announced in Sept 2020<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that Singapore will be switching to a satellite-based Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) system in mid-2023. The plan is to have motorists be charged for the exact distances clocked in instead of driving through gantries.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_10694\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10694\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10694\" src=\"https:\/\/carro.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/shutterstock_1527679979-1.jpg\" alt=\"New Satellite based ERP 2023\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/shutterstock_1527679979-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/shutterstock_1527679979-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/shutterstock_1527679979-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10694\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: EQRoy \/ Shutterstock.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LTA has quoted that the current 22-year-old ERP system is \"reaching the end of its operational life\". Therefore, this update effectively removes the need for the massive ERP gantries present on busy roads in Singapore.\u00a0 The first step before the ERP update can be implemented is for motorists to install a new onboard unit (OBU) in their vehicles respectively.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The new OBU structure will vary on different types of vehicles. For motorcycles, there will be a one-piece unit.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For cars, vans or lorries, the new OBU will consist of 3 pieces which include an antenna, a touchscreen display (to be installed on the windscreen) and a processing unit (to be mounted beneath the dashboard) respectively.<\/span>\r\n<h2><b>What does this mean for you?<\/b><\/h2>\r\n<b>For Cars, <\/b><b>Motorcycles,<\/b><b> Vans and Lorries<\/b>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There will be a transition phase before the new ERP system will be in place. Currently, it is highly encouraged for you to install the new OBUs on your vehicle by 2021 so that your transition to the new ERP system will be an easier one.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Per LTA, the new OBUs will provide you with additional features such information about \u201creal-time road traffic updates\u201d as well as \u201clocations of nearby School Zones and Silver Zones\u201d.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There will be separate congestion fees and possible usage restrictions should you not change your OBU by the time the new ERP update is operational.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With regards to privacy concerns, LTA has assured the public that they will have \u201crobust security and strict safeguards\u201d in place, which will include penalties for any data infringement.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Overall, this change is a drastic one after 22 years. It\u2019s best to stay on top of any news from LTA <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lta.gov.sg\/content\/ltagov\/en\/newsroom.html#year-filter:path=default%7Cmth-filter:path=default%7Cpaging:currentPage=0%7Cpaging:number=7\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> so that you\u2019re always informed on the latest updates regarding ERP and OBUs.\u00a0<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Straits Times announced in Sept 2020 that Singapore will be switching to a satellite-based Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) system in mid-2023. The plan is to have motorists be charged for the exact distances clocked in instead of driving through gantries. LTA has quoted that the current 22-year-old ERP system is &#8220;reaching the end of &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10695,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[727],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10691"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16754,"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10691\/revisions\/16754"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}