Farglory Group (遠雄集團) teamed up with Far EasTone Telecommunications Co (遠傳電信), the nation’s second-largest mobile carrier, yesterday to provide the high-way electronic toll collection (ETC) system’s services to future residents of its housing projects in Taipei and Taipei County’s Linkou (林口) and Sansia (三峽) townships — right at their front doors.
Beginning in the middle of next year, a total of 3,100 Farglory homebuyers will have digital ETC driveways in their communities, which will allow them to drive from work to home on the freeways without stopping, Farglory chairman Chao Teng-hsiung (趙藤雄) told a press conference yesterday.
SAVING MONEY
Although providing the ETC plan to its homebuyers could cost about NT$6 million (US$197,000) to set up, Farglory will absorb most of the cost.
Farglory said using the ETC system saves money, energy and time. Each driver who uses the ETC system when going through a toll station saves about NT$5 per trip by helping to reduce the use of paper tickets, fuel consumption and emission of carbon dioxide, the company said in a statement.
SEEKING SUBSCRIBERS
Looking to boost subscribers to the ETC system from the current 580,000 members, Far EasTone vice chairman Jan Nilsson said the partnership would mark an important step in expanding the use of the system.
Far EasTone also launched a new ETC offer yesterday. New subscribers will get a NT$300 discount on a NT$899 on-board unit if they present any travel receipts.
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