{"id":52272,"date":"2024-12-16T07:01:15","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T07:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/rura-introduces-new-payment-system-for-24-bus-routes-in-kigali\/"},"modified":"2024-12-16T07:01:05","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T07:01:05","slug":"rura-introduces-new-payment-system-for-24-bus-routes-in-kigali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rura-introduces-new-payment-system-for-24-bus-routes-in-kigali\/","title":{"rendered":"RURA introduces new payment system for 24 bus routes in Kigali"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Under this system, passengers will tap their cards on a machine, which will deduct the fare as they board. When they reach their destination, they will tap again to pay for the distance they\u2019ve traveled.<\/p>\n<p>This system has been rolled out initially on the Nyabugogo-Kabuga and Downtown-Kabuga routes.<br \/>\nA statement released by RURA on Sunday indicates that the new payment method will be extended to buses on 24 different routes across the city.<\/p>\n<p>The new routes include; Remera-Ndera, Downtown-Kanombe-Kibaya, Downtown-Kabeza-Rubirizi, Kimironko-Downtown, Nyanza-Downtown (via Gatenga), Kimironko-Nyabugogo, Nyanza-Nyabugogo (via Gatenga), Nyabugogo-Kanombe-Kibaya, Downtown-Kacyiru, Downtown-Saint Joseph, Nyabugogo-Saint Joseph and Downtown-Bwerankori.<\/p>\n<p>Others are Nyabugogo-Bwerankori, Remera-Busanza (Rubirizi), Remera-Busanza (via Nyarugunga), Remera-Bwerankori, Kimironko-Bwerankori, Kimironko-Musave, Kimironko-Masizi-Birembo, Kimironko-Kinyinya, Kimironko-Batsinda, Nyanza-Gahanga, Nyanza-Kimironko and Remera-Nyanza.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-78858 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/bus_pic_ed.jpg\" alt=\"With effect from today,  Monday December 16, 2024, bus routes operating in Kigali will implement a new payment system, where passengers will start paying according to the distance traveled.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority (RURA) has announced that starting Monday, December 16, 2024 bus routes operating in Kigali will implement a new payment system, where passengers will pay according to the distance traveled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":135,"featured_media":2000078857,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-52272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000078857,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-147.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-147.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-147.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-147.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-147.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/profile-147.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/135"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52272\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000078857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52272"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=52272"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=52272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}