A new ride-sharing service is applying for accreditation with the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board to offer mass transport convenience to commuters without putting more vehicles on the streets of Metro Manila, Bulacan, Rizal, Laguna, and Metro Cebu. U-Hop, a Filipino-developed service established last July, is similar to Uber and GrabCar, only that it won’t deploy one car to every passenger who books. It will send shuttles that can seat up to 7 people at a time. This means more passengers are transported around the metro using fewer vehicles. “We are not putting more vehicles on the road. We are maximizing the existing number of vehicles, so we won’t add to the worsening traffic,” U-Hop interim CEO Marvin dela Cruz said.
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