Kunming Bus Group Co., Ltd. of Yunnan Province, guided by the mobility demand of passengers, innovated the "bus sharing" business. At the beginning of April, 2021, the "bus sharing" service was launched in The “Kunming e Lu Tong” App and the WeChat applet "Customized Route of Kunming Bus e Lu Tong" were launched, which met the differentiated, personalized and quality mobility needs of passengers by means of "online booking and ride sharing".
Passengers can enter the “Customized Ride Sharing” section of the Applet to choose departure place, destination, travel time, number of passengers, number of luggage, etc. After the information is submitted, the back office of the Applet will automatically match the passengers who want to share the bus. When there are 3 passengers or a passenger "buys out” the bus (that is, pay the fare for 3 people at one time), the company will allocate a bus according to the passengers' needs, and arrange a bus at a stop closest to the starting point to immediately depart to ensure that passengers can travel within 20 minutes. With the "bus sharing" service, the fixed route operation of bus is changed to dynamic operation by adopting dynamic route, dynamic stop and dynamic departure time to meet the demands. |
From May 1 to May 31, 2021, the business provided "point to point" travel services for 55,000 passengers. The price of “bus sharing” is as follows: 5 yuan per person within 10 kilometers, 8 yuan per person within 10 to 15 kilometers. If the distance is more than 15 kilometers, 1 yuan per kilometer will be added to the basic fee of 8 yuan, and passengers will pay fee through the applet after successful matching. |
At present, Kunming Bus provides 258 bus stations as waiting points. In the future, according to the actual development and passengers' feedback, it will continuously expand the pilot range and give more choices for passengers. |
