Data from Japan’s next-generation electronic toll collection system, known as ETC 2.0, is coming into broader use across the country.
Unlike the conventional ETC system, which is limited to automatic toll payments, ETC 2.0 records and visualizes the detailed driving histories of vehicles equipped with onboard units. The data includes travel routes as well as patterns of acceleration and deceleration.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism aims to harness this large-scale data for a variety of public and economic purposes, including easing traffic congestion, improving disaster response, strengthening tourism measures and supporting logistics operations.
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