Penang school takes lead in using drive-thru RFID system to smoothen traffic flow


(From left) Tan, Ho and Pulau Tikus assemblyman Chris Lee checking out the surroundings of the road in Taman Gottlieb which will be switched to one-way during certain hours. — Photos: CHAN BOON KAI/The Star

IN an initiative to ease traffic congestion, a primary school in Gottlieb Road, Penang, is starting a ‘drive-thru pickup’ system using radio frequency identification (RFID) technology.

The school’s parent-teacher association (PTA) treasurer Dennis Sin said the system, which is expected to be up and running next month, would be used by parents who pick up and drop off their children at the school.

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