Earlier this week, John Lloyd Cruz presented his tricycle booking app called Trike Now to local officials in Cabuyao, Laguna.
The actor was spotted pitching the idea to Mayor Rommel Gecolea, Laguna 1st District Representative Dan Fernandez, and Tricycle Operators and Drivers’ Association (TODA) officers, as per the City Information Office on Facebook.
Based on the concept of other ride-hailing apps like Grab and Angkas, residents will be able to book a tricycle ride online using using their phone.
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His appearance caught netizens by surprise, with some joking that Cruz will be the one personally driving the three-wheeler.
John Lloyd is no stranger to alternative modes of transport, especially when he took a hiatus from show business and moved to Cebu. Three years ago, he was photographed making a trip to a barbershop on his mountain bicycle in Mandaue. In 2014, the TV personality figured in a bike accident while shooting a new station ID for ABS-CBN near Mount Pinatubo.
Cruz isn’t the first celebrity to undertake such a project, either. Last year, Dingdong Dantes introduced his online delivery service Dingdong PH as a way to help those who lost their jobs in the showbiz industry, particularly makeup artists and stuntmen, amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
