Kumride ride-sharing by Kummute – private travel between zones using smaller vehicles; sedans, MPVs

Ride-hailing bus service Kummute – previously Kumpool – now offers Kumride, a ride-hailing service that uses smaller, private vehicles for private travel between zones.

The latest addition, Kumride is a ride-hailing service in the more conventional sense. However, Kumride remains different from other ride-hailing service providers in providing transportation to zones, rather than specific destinations. Kumride is claimed to offer ‘personalised trips’ for distances from 3 km to 7 km, using smaller vehicles like sedans, MPVs and vans.

In contrast, Kumpool is an on-demand shuttle service using larger vehicles (seating 10 persons or more), gathering bookings from passengers, then proceeds upon an optimised route based on the passengers’ pick-up and drop-off points within a given zone of shorter travel, up to 3 km, according to Kummute.

At time of writing, Kumride zones on the app appear to be in operation five or six days weekly, with the KLGCC, Bandar Sunway and Central Sunway zones offline on Sundays, while the Petaling Jaya and Wangsa Maju zones are offline on Saturdays and Sundays, for example. Cyberjaya and UTM/Taman Universiti zones on Kumride are operational seven days, however.

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To use, a pick-up point is to be chosen from the selection of available stops displayed on the map of the zone being viewed, followed by the selection of a drop-off point. At time of writing, there are two payment methods – cash, and Kumpool Wallet.

For the latter, topping up is in denominations of RM50, RM200 and RM300, or a sum of the user’s choosing can be entered. Payment for top-ups via online banking, credit/debit card or e-wallet (currently displayed are Alipay, GrabPay, ShopeePay, Touch ‘n Go eWallet, WeChatPay, and Boost.

Kummute is available for Android and iOS devices, from the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store, respectively.

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