Mobile app launched to track Peoples Bus Service

KARACHI: Sindh Information and Transport Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon launched a smartphone app enabling intending passengers of the Peoples Bus Service to live track the movement of buses.

Addressing the ceremony, Memon said the new app is available for users of both iPhone and Android smartphones, and enables them to find out the bus fares, timings and other vital information about the Peoples Bus Service.

The app will also enable the provincial government to monitor the bus service in real time, he added. Sharjeel Memon said that the app also provide other vital information about the intra-city commuter service in Karachi and other cities.

Speaking regarding other ongoing transport projects in the metropolis, he said: “The government is actively preparing to launch e-taxis and is making rapid progress on the Red Line Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project, which will be Pakistan’s first BRT system operating on biogas, said Sharjeel.

Addressing the launching ceremony of #PeoplesBusService Mobile Application in #Karachi, Sindh Transport & Mass Transit Minister @sharjeelinam stated that the primary objective behind the app’s launch is to provide ease and comfort to the commuters. pic.twitter.com/k3nX5eLAEw

— Sindh Information Department (@sindhinfodepart) June 22, 2023

He added that the Yellow Line BRT and Red Line BRT projects are estimated to be worth approximately Rs200 billion.

The Sindh government wants to end the travel troubles of the people, plans will also be started to connect the rural areas of Karachi, Hyderabad, Larkana, Sukkur and Mirpurkhas with the urban areas through People’s Bus Service, Sharjeel Inam Memon said.