Edmundo D. Reyes Jr.

Executive Director

Toll Regulatory Board (TRB)

2/F IBP Bldg., Dona Julia Vargas Ave.,

Ortigas Center, Pasig City

Dear Sir,

We demand that that the Toll Regulatory Board order Capstone Technologies to immediately release all pending applications and resume the selling of EPASS tags before the month of June so as to avoid MONSTER TRAFFIC JAMS ON SLEX. 

The E-PASS is a reloadable transponder or “tag” attached to the car’s windshield under the rear view mirror. Instead of stopping to pay cash at toll booths, the E-PASS allows motorists to just pass through E-Pass lanes and have the toll fee automatically deducted from the load stored in the device. The entire transaction just takes 1.5 seconds—about one-tenth of the 15 seconds it usually takes for manual toll transactions—making entry into and exit out of the Skyway System and SLEX a breeze.

Without E-PASS, thousands of vehicles will be added to the already long lines at regular toll booths where people have to pay manually in cash. While the actual transaction takes only 15 seconds, the wait in line can last for 10 to 20 minutes depending on the length of the line. This results in a “traffic shockwave” that goes back several kilometers from the toll booth, that slows down traffic along the entire SLEX and traps people in HOURS OF TRAFFIC.

We have learned that for unknown reasons Capstone Technologies has not processed and released thousands of EPASS applications. This situation has been going on for months now and your office has not done anything to alleviate the plight of motorists.

Without E-PASS, thousands former EPASS users will be added to the already very long toll booth lines.

We STRONGLY URGE you to ACT on this matter at the SOONEST POSSIBLE TIME before the month of June, because this is the time that the traffic volume in SLEX reaches its peak.

We DEMAND that the Toll Regulatory Board order Capstone Technologies to immediately release all pending applications and resume the selling of EPASS tags before the month of June so as to avoid MONSTER TRAFFIC JAMS ON SLEX.