Get To Know Cantas Application For Contactless Toll Payments, When Will It Start?

Illustration of toll gates (Photo from Antara)

YOGYAKARTA - Toll road payments are now more practical thanks to the development of digital technology. After the existence of the e-toll card, the government will immediately implement a contactless cashless toll transaction system using the Cantas application. Toll road users are asked to be familiar with the Cantas application so they can apply it quickly and maximally.

Ali Rachmadi, Head of Operations and Maintenance of the BPJT Secretariat of the Ministry of PUPR, said that the launch of the Cantas application was still awaiting approval from Basuki Hadimuljono, Minister of PUPR.

"If the Cantas application is to be launched, we are waiting for approval from the Minister of PUPR," said Ali Rachmadi during a Public Discussion on the Opportunities and Challenges of Implementing the Non-stop Toll Payment System on Tuesday (7/2).

With the presence of the Cantas application, motorists can make toll payment processes more practical. Even the payment process is faster and easier than e-toll. So what is the Cantas application and how to use it.

Get To Know Cantas Application

Cantas is a smart application used in implementing a contactless toll payment system based on Multi Lane Free Flow (MLFF). MLFF will use Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) technology which allows transactions to be carried out using an application on a smartphone and detected via satellite.

The application of Cantas application based on MLFF is a new innovation for toll road transactions after e-toll. This technology is presented to provide efficiency in toll payments. The e-toll payment system will soon be replaced by MLFF.

How Cantas App Works

The MLFF toll payment system is the same as e-toll as a non-cash or cashless transaction. However, using the Cantas application is more practical than transactions using e-tolls. When using an e-toll, the driver must stop at the toll gate to make payments by tapping.

Meanwhile, with the Cantas application, drivers can make transactions without having to stop. Drivers can make toll payments simply through the Cantas application installed on their smartphones. The MLFF toll payment system with the Cantas application will utilize GNSS technology.

GNSS is a navigation system that utilizes space satellites to detect and transmit location and time data to users. GPS will determine the location determined by the satellite and the map-matching process will run on the central system.

This technology will process transaction activity data for every payment entering the toll road. When the driver exits the toll road, the map-matching process will end and the system will calculate the fare.

Satellites connected to GNSS will read driver data for toll road payments. When the driver's data is read, the electronic money balance in the smartphone application will be deducted automatically. So drivers no longer need to stop at toll gates to process transactions.

When Will Cantas Application be Implemented?

However, until now the implementation of the Cantas application is still awaiting approval from the Minister of PUPR. Ali Rachmadi revealed that his party had made a Cantas application simulator in a number of places. The application will later be connected to the source of funds, then it needs to be integrated with banking and so on.

"Regarding the progress of the Cantas application, we have made a simulator and placed it in several places, especially at the Ministry of PUPR, and have connected with the application," said Ali.

Ali said that the plan for the MLFF technology trial process on cars will be carried out in stages in the middle of 2023. He said the implementation target is gradually starting in June.

Furthermore, if the application of contactless toll transactions covers all toll roads in Indonesia, then toll booths will no longer exist. So payments will be collected through GNSS and law enforcement through Automatic number-plate recognition (ANPR).

This is a review of getting to know the Cantas application for contactless toll payments. The application of Cantas application has enormous benefits for transportation needs on toll roads. Transactions can be paid without stopping, eliminating queues. In addition, this technology also saves operating costs and minimizes vehicle fuel.

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