{"id":195903,"date":"2018-12-31T02:08:59","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T07:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=195903"},"modified":"2018-12-31T02:08:59","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T07:08:59","slug":"grab-users-spent-average-of-p7k-for-rides-in-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/12\/31\/grab-users-spent-average-of-p7k-for-rides-in-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Grab users spent average of P7K for rides in 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_195904\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-195904\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/36726588_1905072172882449_5260548181195751424_n.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-195904 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/36726588_1905072172882449_5260548181195751424_n.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/36726588_1905072172882449_5260548181195751424_n.png 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/36726588_1905072172882449_5260548181195751424_n-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/36726588_1905072172882449_5260548181195751424_n-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/36726588_1905072172882449_5260548181195751424_n-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-195904\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This, as the company has traveled more than 920 million kilometers reaching destinations across the country this year. (File <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GrabPH\/photos\/a.540938269295853\/1905072166215783\/?type=3&amp;theater\">Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GrabPH\/\">Grab\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; Customers of ridesharing firm, Grab, spent an average of PHP7,000 in fares for their trips in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>This, as the company has traveled more than 920 million kilometers reaching destinations across the country this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur most engaged users &#8212; the top 5 percent &#8212; spent an average of P4HP5,000 and did around eight times more trips than the average user,\u201d Grab Philippines Country Head Brian Cu said in a statement over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe uptake in demand for Grab rides this year reflects the Filipinos\u2019 strong need for convenient and safe transportation solutions,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Cu made the disclosure following Grab\u2019s initiative to release to the public its report on the number of rides and their corresponding amounts for 2018.<\/p>\n<p>He said users may log on to the website: https:\/\/hub.grab.com\/login to view their booking history and accumulated amount spent for their trips.<\/p>\n<p>Cu vowed that Grab&#8217;s management will continue to implement initiatives to improve the quality of its services, as it lauded the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) for approving an additional 30,000 slots for transportation network vehicle services (TNVS) units in the latter part of the year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe continue to improve the quality of our services and further enhance app features and protocols as part of our 100-day plan, #SaferEveryday roadmap and #BetterEveryday campaign. In 2019, Grab will continue to double down on safety by reinforcing features, protocols and existing government partnerships to ensure safer trips every day,\u201d Cu added.<\/p>\n<p>The ridesharing firm has earlier urged the LTFRB to increase the common supply base for TNVS units to around 80,000 to meet the riding public&#8217;s growing demand.<\/p>\n<p>The current supply base for TNVS units stands at 66,750 in Metro Manila, Metro Cebu, and Pampanga.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; Customers of ridesharing firm, Grab, spent an average of PHP7,000 in fares for their trips in 2018. This, as &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":195904,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-195903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","mauthors-aerol-john-patena","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}