{"id":51993,"date":"2020-01-09T16:00:24","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T08:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=51993"},"modified":"2020-01-10T09:51:32","modified_gmt":"2020-01-10T01:51:32","slug":"what-we-know-about-joyride-motorcycle-taxi-hailing-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2020\/01\/09\/what-we-know-about-joyride-motorcycle-taxi-hailing-service\/","title":{"rendered":"What We Know About JoyRide Motorcycle Taxi Hailing Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">On\u00a0December 20, 2019, The Department of Transportation&#8217;s Inter-Agency Motorcycle Taxi Technical Working Group (DOTr-TWG) extended the run of the Motorcycle Taxi Pilot Implementation and announces two new motorcycle taxi-hailing services: <strong>JoyRide<\/strong> and <strong>Move It<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-52003 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/01\/joyride-app-e1578476225288.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The two companies will be joining <strong>Angkas<\/strong> in the motorcycle taxi pilot run until March 23, 2020, which will provide data to the government in deciding to\u00a0pass a law legalizing its operations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/2017\/04\/22\/expats-guide-motorcycle-laws-in-the-philippines\/\" target=\"_blank\">A Guide to Motorcycle Laws in the Philippines<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-52014\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/01\/joyride-header.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/01\/joyride-header.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/01\/joyride-header-290x218.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/01\/joyride-header-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/01\/joyride-header-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>From left,\u00a0Rico Meneses, consultant and CEO of PH-MC Riders Safety and Skills Training Center,\u00a0Richard Aruisu, JoyRide chief financial officer,\u00a0Noli Eala, vice president for corporate affairs,\u00a0Edwin Rodriguez, business development advisor, and\u00a0<strong>Sherwin Yu<\/strong>, president handing out the official JoyRide helmet.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>JoyRide Philippines<\/strong>, under We Move Things Philippines Inc., is said to be owned by Ralph Nubla and Bes Chua according to\u00a0President Sherwin Yu and Vice-President for Corporate Affairs Noli Eala.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The company started operating in Metro Manila\u00a0as a motorcycle taxi-hailing service last December 23, 2019, with passengers using the mobile application\u00a0JoyRide: Motorcycle Taxi available in both <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.joyride.rider\" target=\"_blank\">Google Play<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/ph\/app\/joyride-motorcycle-taxi\/id1482083123\" target=\"_blank\">App Store<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-52013\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/01\/joyride-screenshots.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/01\/joyride-screenshots.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/01\/joyride-screenshots-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/01\/joyride-screenshots-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Last year, DOTr released an official fare matrix for\u00a0motorcycle operations\u00a0in Metro Manila:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li>Php 50 for the first 2km<\/li>\n<li>Php 10\/km\u00a0up to\u00a07km<\/li>\n<li>Php 15\/km for succeeding kilometers, with dynamic pricing based on supply and demand with 1.5x surge cap<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">However, JoyRide claims they do not implement surge pricing making them the cheaper option. As of December 29, 2019, the latest report from DOTr, JoyRide is currently operating with 6,907 authorized drivers out of the 10,000 rider cap.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">According to their Facebook Page, the company\u00a0approves\u00a0applicants only after a week-long process which includes an obstacle course training with and without a passenger.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Afterward, the riders are fitted with biker uniforms, helmets, masks, shower caps, safety vests, safety belts, and other related items.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Joyride\u2019s obstacle course for the applicants includes riding with a passenger.<\/p>\n<p>The platform official Chino Arvisu says they tried to \u2018copy\u2019 the model of Angkas riders training and \u2018improved it.\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/loCfEiMDpp\">pic.twitter.com\/loCfEiMDpp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jacque Manabat (@jacquemanabat) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jacquemanabat\/status\/1214393641403183106?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The trial run until March 23 is for assessing the safety and efficiency of the motorcycle taxis in the Philippines.\u00a0However, the commuting public is hopeful that this will alleviate the current traffic situation.<\/p>\n<p><em>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/business\/2017\/06\/20\/angkas-beat-metro-manila-traffic-with-motorbikes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Angkas: Beat Metro Manila traffic with motorbikes<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Images from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JoyRidePHILIPPINES\/\" target=\"_blank\">JoyRide Philippines Facebook Page<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.joyride.rider\" target=\"_blank\">JoyRide Passenger on GooglePlay<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JoyRide Philippines joins in the Motorcycle Taxi Pilot Implementation until March 23, 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":52014,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[12232,12231,12230,2189,893,2459],"class_list":["post-51993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-current-events","tag-angkas","tag-joyride","tag-joyride-philippines","tag-motorcycle","tag-motorcycle-philippine-federation","tag-taxi"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/01\/joyride-header.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51993"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52073,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51993\/revisions\/52073"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}