spot_img
28.4 C
Philippines
Friday, March 29, 2024

Friend Trip: MMDA launches car-pool mobile applications

- Advertisement -

The Metro Manila Development Authority on Monday launched a mobile application allowing carpooling among friends in the social media or people living within the same area  and going to a common destination.

The mobile app “Friend Trip” is a free gadget application which will allow Facebook users and those living within the same street, village, subdivision or compound to travel  via as a group.

MMDA chairman Francis Tolentino said the project aimed to help ease traffic congestion and curb pollution  in Metro Manila. He added the volume of cars and other private vehicles going around town will surely be reduced if motorists and commuters will make use of the mobile app.

“We believe Friend Trip will resonate deeply to millions of Facebook users who form part of majority of the riding public,” said Tolentino, adding that it is also the only carpooling handy application that does not involve any monetary transactions.

The public can avail of the mobile application by signing up via Facebook and entering their phone numbers. The application finds who among their Facebook friends are already using the app. From here, they can choose between being a driver or a rider.

- Advertisement -

Tolentino said the Friend Trip application only recognizes one’s Facebook friends so that he/she never has to ride with strangers. He added the application gives an option to users to have the MMDA record all their trips.

The MMDA chief said the mobile application will soon be made available to Android and Apple gadget users.

The MMDA is considering giving incentives such as exemption from number coding scheme or extend window hours to drivers who would frequently accommodate the new mobile application.

This is the third time the agency created a computer program running on gadgets in its bid to  solve traffic in the National Capital Region.

The first one came up in July 2014 providing motorists up-to-date traffic reports on roads leading to and from during the Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) centennial celebration in Bocaue, Bulacan.

Last October, the MMDA launched another mobile application where motorists can have faster and real-time updates on road accidents along Metro Manila’s major thoroughfares.

Dubbed as “MMDA Accident Alerts” app was available for android phones to provide reliable information through the internet dedicated initially to road vehicular accidents.

Users of the mobile application can see road accidents in street and map views as well as a list and history of accidents.

The MMDA is targeting to  improve the average vehicular traffic speed on major roads in Metro Manila from 29 to 33 kilometers per hour. It also aimed to cut down traffic-related accidents by three percent and improve its 15-minute response time to an accident.

- Advertisement -

LATEST NEWS

Popular Articles