If you regularly travel in Santa Rosa City in Laguna and Pasay City in Metro Manila, this might come in handy: Toyota Motor Philippines (TMP) has launched a one-year ‘libreng sakay’ initiative in the two cities as part of its Toyota Community Shuttle (TCS) program.
The free rides kicked off on December 1 in Santa Rosa and December 2 in Pasay. Five brand-new, air-conditioned units of Toyota Lite Ace in FX configuration are now deployed to ply what TMP calls ‘dynamic routes,’ with operations running from 6am to 6pm.
You may be wondering now how to get a free ride on one of these shuttles. For that, you will need the myTOYOTA Shuttle PH app, which provides on-demand shuttle management to streamline route planning and seat booking. Once you have the app installed, you can then book a ride, and even monitor the shuttle’s real-time location and arrival time.
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“The TCS is not only helpful in creating a hassle-free ride experience for daily commuters, but is also complementary to the local government’s sustainable city or ‘eco-city’ initiative, using such optimization and digital integration in intra-city transportation,” said TMP president Atsuhiro Okamoto.
“These partnerships with the two dynamic cities will contribute to further enhancement of TCS’s future application, generating varied insights from a diverse range of users such as the working class, students, mall- and entertainment-goers, and even tourists.”
We’re looking forward to seeing how this program works in the coming days. Given the current shortage of public transportation options in the country, new solutions like TCS will help improve mobility especially for those who don’t own vehicles—and if it will also give car owners the option to leave their vehicles at home, that’s not a bad thing at all.
