QR code set to track Metro and bus users

The QR code which tracks taxi passengers will soon be introduced to Metro trains and buses, the Shanghai government said on Tuesday.

Passengers who scan the code and enter their mobile phone number in an app will be contacted for the purpose of prevention of the spread of coronavirus.

By Monday, the code was in over 18,000 taxis, and about 24,000 people had scanned it and registered themselves, said Yang Xiaoxi, vice director of the transport commission.

Compulsory temperature measurement of bus passengers has been introduced at 231 bus junctions, covering 871 bus lines, as the number of bus passengers on Monday hit 1.2 million, 20 percent more than the workday average last year, Yang said.

Metro restriction

During rush hours on Monday, an average Metro train was already “half full,” according to Yang.

The entire number of passengers taking Metro trains on Monday amounted to 2.8 million, a 67.8 percent rise from Monday last week, he said.

If a Metro train is “too full,” stations will stop passengers from entering to control the density of people in the stations and carriages, he said.