[RYDE Co., Ltd.] RYDE collaborates with Kumamoto City to start selling “Machinaka Free Pass”
*RYDE Co., Ltd.*
Press release: August 27, 2024
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RYDE collaborates with Kumamoto City to start selling “Machinaka Free Pass” *Working with the Kumamoto City Urban Construction Bureau and five city bus companies to create a more convenient town*
RYDE Co., Ltd., which promotes DX of secondary transportation (Head office: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director Sugisaki
Masaya (hereinafter referred to as “RYDE”) is an initiative with the Transportation Policy Department of the Kumamoto City Urban
Construction Bureau, which offers a “Machinaka Free Pass” that allows unlimited rides on route buses within the 180 yen fare area, including the central city of Kumamoto City, on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays. ” will be on sale from Saturday, September 7, 2024.
*Sales start date*
Saturday, September 7, 2024
*Target transportation*
Route bus (hereinafter 5 companies)
・Kyushu Sanko Bus Co., Ltd.
・Sanko Bus Co., Ltd.
・Kumamoto Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
・Kumamoto Bus Co., Ltd.
・Kumamoto City Bus Co., Ltd.
*Target area*
180 yen uniform area in the city center
*Even if the bus stop you board and alight from is within the applicable area, if you leave the area once while boarding, you will not be eligible. (Example: Some sections of the first loop line, etc.) *Target date*
Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays
*Sales amount*
Adult: 300 yen
*Children’s rates are not sold.
*About RYDE Co., Ltd.*
With the mission of “making secondary transportation easier to understand and easier,” we are working to promote DX of secondary transportation nationwide. Rather than local transportation in each region missing out on the wave of digitalization and being left behind, we aim to use the power of digital to strengthen and revitalize Japan from the local area. “RYDE
By introducing “PASS” to transportation operators and local governments, we will create a society where various regional transportation systems across the country are easy to understand and use, and strive to revitalize regions across the country through the use of regional transportation. Masu.
Company name: RYDE Co., Ltd.
Address: Forestgate Daikanyama MAIN Building 3F, 20-23 Daikanyama-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Representative Director: Masaya Sugisaki
Established: September 2019
Business details: Planning and operation of RYDE PASS, a mobility platform specializing in secondary transportation
RYDE PASS https://pass.ryde-go.com/