Smart proposal for sustainable shared transport

TDT | Manama

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Members of the Capital Trustees Board yesterday approved a smart car-sharing scheme for Manama that is intended to ease congestion, cut emissions and reduce daily travel costs.

The proposal for smart, sustainable shared transport was submitted by board member Dr Bashar Ahmadi and is due to be worked into the capital’s wider transport plans.

The scheme is built around a locally developed mobile application that would allow people to share their daily trips with others heading to the same place or to nearby areas, including major work districts and universities.

The app would match drivers and passengers according to where they are and when they travel, using live maps and instant updates, with an option to share fuel costs.

According to the explanatory memorandum, the first groups targeted are staff in large commercial and office areas, students at private universities, the University of Bahrain, BIBF and similar institutes, and government employees and bank workers whose hours and routes are largely fixed.

The aim is to create a large pool of users whose movements are regular enough for shared transport to run smoothly.