“Barya lang po sa umaga.”
Everyone who rides jeepneys is aware of this rule: it will not be an precise legislation, however it’s an acknowledged courtesy to your driver.
But what if you do not have change within the morning? A former jeepney driver has give you an app that goals to assist not simply passengers however drivers as properly by way of contactless fare fee.
In the Game Changer phase of “24 Oras” on Tuesday, Martin Javier featured DyipPay, an app that permits you to pay your jeepney fare on-line and even e book tricycle rides.
It was devised by Enrique Tan, a former jeepney, tricycle, and taxi driver who stated that he as soon as acquired into an accident as a result of he was reaching out for the passenger’s fare whereas he was driving.
“So itong ating solution, cellphone lang, smartphone lang, hindi mo na kailangan mag-abot-abot ng coins,” stated Tan, who studied pc software program expertise by way of TESDA. “Particular nung nagkaroon ng COVID-19 pandemic, ayaw natin hawakan yung hinawakan ng iba.”
(With this resolution, you simply want a smartphone. You will not want handy over cash. In explicit amid the COVID-19 pandemic, once we do not wish to contact what others have touched.)
“Basta public utility vehicle, pasok ‘yan dito sa solution natin,” he added.
(As lengthy as it is a PUV, this resolution can apply.)
The app can present you the place the PUV is on its route. Scanning a QR code on the PUV will then allow you to enter your departure level and vacation spot, and present you your fare, which you’ll be able to pay with a click on of the button.
The app additionally has a “bonus” characteristic that can allow you to e book tricycles like a ride-share app.
According to the report, the info gathered by the app might additionally assist LGUs plan PUV routes.
The app has gone by way of the validation testing stage in some Region 3 provinces. But Tan acknowledges that funding is a think about getting the app off the bottom.
“It’s really hard to start up a company in the Philippines, especially on the tech side…we need funds to do it.”
The firm goals to launch the app subsequent 12 months. — BM, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
