One Month of Barrier-less Tolling: Insights from Delhi's UER-II MLFF Corridor

Written by Vanessa Rose | Jun 16, 2026

The Multi-Lane Free Flow (MLFF) tolling system at the Mundka-Bakkarwala fee plaza on Delhi's Urban Extension Road-II (UER-II) corridor became operational on May 11, 2026. One month later, the deployment is providing a real-world demonstration of how barrier-less tolling can support high-volume traffic movement while enabling automated, technology-driven toll operations at scale.

During its first month of operations, the corridor processed 1.6 million vehicle transactions, averaging more than 53,500 vehicles per day across a traffic mix of 80% passenger vehicles and 20% heavy vehicles. The uninterrupted flow of vehicles through the corridor is estimated to have saved 144,702 litres of fuel and prevented approximately 364 tonnes of CO₂ emissions. 

Supported by Bosch Mobility Platform & Solutions in partnership with IDFC FIRST Bank, the project was commissioned by Indian Highways Management Company Ltd. (IHMCL) under the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways and the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).

The barrier-less system enables electronic toll collection without requiring vehicles to stop at toll barriers, replacing conventional barrier-based toll plazas with a digital tolling zone where toll transactions are identified, validated, and processed in real time while vehicles pass through at highway speeds.

 

Technology Behind the Deployment 

Delivering barrier-less tolling at highway speeds requires multiple technologies to work together simultaneously. 

The Mundka-Bakkarwala deployment integrates:

  • 4D radar for vehicle detection and speed measurement
  • 3D LiDAR for vehicle profiling and classification
  •  Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras for front and rear number plate recognition
  • RFID readers for FASTag detection and validation

At the core of the deployment is Bosch's Vehicle Correlation Service (VCS), a multi-sensor event processing engine that combines inputs from these different technologies into a single vehicle passage record.

This integrated approach helps ensure that tolling events are accurately identified, correlated, and processed across multiple sensing technologies 

Designed for Accuracy and Scale

The Mundka site includes 16 MLFF-enabled lanes, comprising 12 active lanes and 4 backup lanes designed to support continuous tolling operations across varying traffic volumes.

The system maintains a digital audit trail for every vehicle transaction, with end-to-end event processing completed in under two seconds. This enables tolling and enforcement functions to be executed through a unified digital workflow while maintaining transaction traceability.

Performance indicators reported during the initial phase of operations included:

  • 99.6% FASTag read accuracy
  • 99% ANPR accuracy
  • 97.6% vehicle classification accuracy
  • 99.5% vehicle count accuracy

Supporting the Next Phase of Digital Highway Infrastructure 

As highway networks continue to expand and traffic volumes increase, barrier-less tolling is expected to play an increasingly important role in enabling efficient corridor management and supporting the evolution of digital highway infrastructure. 

The UER-II deployment demonstrates how technology-led collaboration can support the adoption of digital highway infrastructure, while enabling automated toll processing and greater operational visibility for highway operators. 

Bosch Mobility Platform & Solutions remains focused on developing and deploying technologies that support operational efficiency, sustainability, and the continued evolution of connected mobility infrastructure.