Varied and Flexible Toll Policy

As Japanese active-type ETC system can easily identify the use history of each vehicle, meticulous toll policy can be introduced to satisfy users’ needs. For instance, when traffic volume is less on an expressway running along congested general roads, traffic on the general roads can be shifted to the expressway using toll discount utilizing ETC, resulting in mitigation of congestion on the public highway. Thus, as ETC diffuses and significantly increases its usage ratio and enables varied and flexible toll setting, utilization measures of road stock progresses in various forms.