THE Transport advocacy group’s The Passenger Forum (TPF) has welcomed Light Rail Transit 1’s adoption of QR technology as an additional payment option for its passengers.
TPF convener Primo Morillo in a statement said the LRT 1 management decision “is a good development and it will provide a new cashless option for LRT 1 riders especially now that stored value cards are scarce.”
Morillo added that the QR option is also helpful for commuters who forgot their Beep cards, and when the line for single journey tickets are too long.
“Due to the unavailability of stored value cards, people before have no choice but to endure the long lines just to get a ticket,” he noted.
Given this he said “We hope that the MRT, LRT-2, and PNR follow suit and provide a QR payment option for their train lines.”
“We also encourage the DOTr to study how we can maximize this for other transport modes such as buses and modern jeeps,” Morillo said,
