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| Roadhop |
Roadhop was created by travellers, for travellers. It is an
ongoing project to map different modes of intercity non-flight transportation
e.g. bus/train routes around the world. Roadhop can help travellers get around
by train in Asia Pacific.
One day almost two years ago the creator of the website and
his sister were terribly lost in a remote part of Vietnam without any clue of how to
get to their next destination.
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| Singapore |
Speaking of alternative forms of transportation, the world
welcomed her 7 billionth member last year. With a rapidly growing population,
roads are increasingly filled with traffic. Infrastructure constraints also
mean that not every city has an airport, so flying is not always possible.
There is a demand for more efficient ways of getting from one city to another
beyond driving and flying.
That was when they thought of the audacious idea to map a
"transport database system" (http://roadhop.com). Their aim was to provide schedules,
ticket fares and station locations of long distance and interstate
bus/trains/ferry from both travellers and companies around the world. To organize
all the information, they made a search engine to help travellers find out how
to get from one city to another via surface transport in an easy way. Right
now, they have all train routes in Singapore,
Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines
and Vietnam
and they would like to find out where to go next! They would like to
invite readers from South East Asia to write
to them to let them know which is their favourite form of transportation, so
they can help them get to their favourite destination!
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| Malaysia |
They hope you can lend a hand by sharing some information
with other travellers.
You can contribute by:
Emailing them…
1. Photos of bus or train timetables and fare tables, with date and place taken (especially for remote locations)
2. Photos of bus/train conditions of your rides
Please email wyn@roadhop.com. A bulletin board of all user contributions will be up soon.
Emailing them…
1. Photos of bus or train timetables and fare tables, with date and place taken (especially for remote locations)
2. Photos of bus/train conditions of your rides
Please email wyn@roadhop.com. A bulletin board of all user contributions will be up soon.
Creating trip logs...
You can create trip logs on Roadhop, to share with others how you have travelled. This can also serve as a personal record of your travels.
You can create trip logs on Roadhop, to share with others how you have travelled. This can also serve as a personal record of your travels.
1. Log in with facebook
2. Click on 'New Trip' to start. Record your trip details: departure location, date, time, price, mode.
2. Remember to save your trip!
Users can now search and see how you got from one place to another!
2. Click on 'New Trip' to start. Record your trip details: departure location, date, time, price, mode.
2. Remember to save your trip!
Users can now search and see how you got from one place to another!
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| Thailand |
Reviewing and commenting...
Help to verify data available by voting and commenting on search results, to inform other travellers of price or schedule changes. Send them feedback if any other data e.g. location maps, company information contains errors.
Help to verify data available by voting and commenting on search results, to inform other travellers of price or schedule changes. Send them feedback if any other data e.g. location maps, company information contains errors.
They hope that this will be a useful service for you. If you
like what we are doing, send them feedback or suggestions (contact@roadhop.com),
and/or share this with others! They look forward to hearing from you.
The website is http://roadhop.com
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