Traverse: Campus Rides Ghana
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About this app
Traverse is a ride-sharing app for university campuses in Ghana. Say where on campus you are going, see who is already heading that way, and either take the car on your own or share it with another student and pay less for it.
Live now on one campus: the University of Ghana, Legon.
WHAT A RIDE COSTS AT LEGON
A short trip, up to 3 km — GHS 8 sharing, GHS 14 with the car to yourself.
A long trip, over 3 km — GHS 15 sharing, GHS 17 with the car to yourself.
The price is for the trip, not for each head. A friend riding along on a short trip takes the fare from GHS 8 to GHS 12 — for both of you, together. A third rides for the same GHS 12. Book for four and the whole car is GHS 14.
Ask about two hours ahead, or pay from your wallet instead of cash, and the fare drops: a short trip to GHS 7, a long one to GHS 13.
Every campus sets its own table, so those are Legon's numbers. The app quotes your exact fare before you book.
NO SURGE
You see the fare before you book, and that is the fare. It does not climb because it is raining, because it is 7am, or because the car sat in traffic.
WHAT YOU CAN DO
• Book a ride now. Pick a stop from your campus list, see the drivers nearby, book.
• Share and pay less. The app pools you into a car already going your way.
• Book ahead. Reserve a ride for later today or tomorrow.
• Set a routine. Every weekday at 05:05, the days you choose, the size of party you need. Pause it or cancel it whenever.
• Ride as a group and split the cost. Invite friends and each pays their own share.
• Book for someone else. They get an SMS with the driver's details and a tracking link. They do not need an account.
• Buy a pass or a bundle. A bundle is a set number of rides counted down; a pass is unlimited for a set number of days. Either one covers your own seat — seats you book for friends are charged separately.
• Drop a pin. If there is no listed stop where you are standing, drop a pin, as long as it is on campus. Only you ever see your own pins.
• Pay from a cedi wallet, or settle with the driver at drop-off.
• Save a trip you take often and rebook it in one tap.
HOW SHARING ACTUALLY WORKS
Sharing is not a discount bolted onto an ordinary ride. A driver is already carrying someone. When you ask for a ride nearby, the app measures what the detour would cost the trip already running — and if picking you up would add more delay than your campus allows, it refuses the match and sends you your own car. The rider already in the seat is not made late so that your ride costs less.
When it does work, it is one car, two students, two fares — the same driver, on one route that already made sense.
CANCELLING
Cancel free any time before pickup. Nothing is refunded because nothing was charged: the fare comes out at drop-off.
SAFETY
Signing in is a code to your email, then a code to your phone. There is no password to lose and none sitting in somebody's breach.
The SOS button texts a trusted contact your ride details and where you are, and the alert is written to a record as well as sent, so there is something to look at afterwards. Drivers carry the same button with their own emergency contact.
You can call your driver inside the app, so neither of you hands over a phone number.
STAYING OFF CAMPUS
A ride does not have to start at a campus stop. If you live off campus around Legon, text 0500 530 354 on a Saturday with where you are and the days you need, and we will set your pickups up — GHS 18 a seat to anywhere on campus, three people minimum.
DRIVING INSTEAD
If you drive and you already work a campus, the driver app is Traverse Driver, a separate download.
Traverse also runs as a web app at rider.traversegh.com, with the same features, if you would rather not install anything.
Live now on one campus: the University of Ghana, Legon.
WHAT A RIDE COSTS AT LEGON
A short trip, up to 3 km — GHS 8 sharing, GHS 14 with the car to yourself.
A long trip, over 3 km — GHS 15 sharing, GHS 17 with the car to yourself.
The price is for the trip, not for each head. A friend riding along on a short trip takes the fare from GHS 8 to GHS 12 — for both of you, together. A third rides for the same GHS 12. Book for four and the whole car is GHS 14.
Ask about two hours ahead, or pay from your wallet instead of cash, and the fare drops: a short trip to GHS 7, a long one to GHS 13.
Every campus sets its own table, so those are Legon's numbers. The app quotes your exact fare before you book.
NO SURGE
You see the fare before you book, and that is the fare. It does not climb because it is raining, because it is 7am, or because the car sat in traffic.
WHAT YOU CAN DO
• Book a ride now. Pick a stop from your campus list, see the drivers nearby, book.
• Share and pay less. The app pools you into a car already going your way.
• Book ahead. Reserve a ride for later today or tomorrow.
• Set a routine. Every weekday at 05:05, the days you choose, the size of party you need. Pause it or cancel it whenever.
• Ride as a group and split the cost. Invite friends and each pays their own share.
• Book for someone else. They get an SMS with the driver's details and a tracking link. They do not need an account.
• Buy a pass or a bundle. A bundle is a set number of rides counted down; a pass is unlimited for a set number of days. Either one covers your own seat — seats you book for friends are charged separately.
• Drop a pin. If there is no listed stop where you are standing, drop a pin, as long as it is on campus. Only you ever see your own pins.
• Pay from a cedi wallet, or settle with the driver at drop-off.
• Save a trip you take often and rebook it in one tap.
HOW SHARING ACTUALLY WORKS
Sharing is not a discount bolted onto an ordinary ride. A driver is already carrying someone. When you ask for a ride nearby, the app measures what the detour would cost the trip already running — and if picking you up would add more delay than your campus allows, it refuses the match and sends you your own car. The rider already in the seat is not made late so that your ride costs less.
When it does work, it is one car, two students, two fares — the same driver, on one route that already made sense.
CANCELLING
Cancel free any time before pickup. Nothing is refunded because nothing was charged: the fare comes out at drop-off.
SAFETY
Signing in is a code to your email, then a code to your phone. There is no password to lose and none sitting in somebody's breach.
The SOS button texts a trusted contact your ride details and where you are, and the alert is written to a record as well as sent, so there is something to look at afterwards. Drivers carry the same button with their own emergency contact.
You can call your driver inside the app, so neither of you hands over a phone number.
STAYING OFF CAMPUS
A ride does not have to start at a campus stop. If you live off campus around Legon, text 0500 530 354 on a Saturday with where you are and the days you need, and we will set your pickups up — GHS 18 a seat to anywhere on campus, three people minimum.
DRIVING INSTEAD
If you drive and you already work a campus, the driver app is Traverse Driver, a separate download.
Traverse also runs as a web app at rider.traversegh.com, with the same features, if you would rather not install anything.
Book a ride across your campus. Share it with a student going your way.
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What’s new
First public release of Traverse, campus rides for students in Ghana.
• Pick your stop and where you're going, see the price, and get the nearest driver
• No named stop? Drop a pin on the map
• Reserve a ride from 30 minutes to two weeks ahead
• Book up to four seats for your group
• Watch your driver arrive on the map
• Share your ride or send an SOS to your emergency contact
• Pay your driver directly – nothing is charged in the app
• Pick your stop and where you're going, see the price, and get the nearest driver
• No named stop? Drop a pin on the map
• Reserve a ride from 30 minutes to two weeks ahead
• Book up to four seats for your group
• Watch your driver arrive on the map
• Share your ride or send an SOS to your emergency contact
• Pay your driver directly – nothing is charged in the app
App support
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Phone number
+233243674268
About the developer
KELVIN NII YEMOH ODOI
kelvinodoi199@gmail.com
Ghana