Security in the job
- Competition on fair terms
- Go on and off duty at will, with no rating penalty
- Choose which services to offer
- An interface that suits a workforce with many older riders
What each party gains
All three sides have to win together
Design it so one side wins and the system eventually breaks. Here is what each side actually gets.
Service providers
What riders get
Seeing their own earnings
- A daily earnings summary on the phone
- A record that helps riders reach formal financial services
A standard of service
- A standard price from automatic fare calculation
- No more negotiating the fare with each passenger
Service users
What passengers get
A standard of service and a standard price, from automatic fare calculation following the Department of Land Transport's published rates.
📍Find the rank, even somewhere unfamiliar
฿Know the fare in advance — no haggling
🛵Call a rider to you instead of walking to the rank
▣Pay by PromptPay QR, transfer or cash
Regulators
What the public sector gets
- Public transport that is safer and runs better
- A working prototype for developing Digital Public Infrastructure thinking and joined-up regulation
- Data that makes it easier to update rules for a changed environment
- Lower administrative and budget burden in providing public transport
The project works alongside the Department of Land Transport, the Royal Thai Police, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration and neighbouring provincial authorities.