Smart app to ensure safe commute of schoolchildren

AMMAN — The Land Transport Regulatory Commission (LTRC) is in the process of licensing five school transport companies which will operate using a smart application enabling parents to track their children while on the bus.

“The LTRC will facilitate and grant licences for the five companies to promote their transportation services that will benefit public school students,” LTRC Media and Communication Director and Spokesperson Abla Wishah told The Jordan Times on Sunday.

After the licensing of these companies, they will be part of the ongoing public school transport project, which will start operating by the end of September, Al Rai Arabic daily reported, quoting an informed source.

The new project will serve all schools across the Kingdom and will cater to the needs of schools, the source said.

The public school transport system aims at serving public school students and reducing their use of private transport, which costs a lot and can expose children to traffic accidents, according to Al Rai.

Um Anas, who is a working mother of two and hires a private driver to take her children to public school in Quweismeh in Amman, said the cost is very high and her children’s school takes no responsibility for the students’ transportation.

“If this project is safe and has reasonable prices we won’t mind using it for our children,” Um Anas told The Jordan Times on Sunday.