The planner is open
Know before you leave.
Name where you are and where you're going. San Sasakay gives you the ride, the signboard to look for, where to get off, and about how long it takes. Plan it at planuhin.sansasakay.com.
Not knowing is the real commute.
Millions of Metro Manila commuters depend on jeepneys, UV Express, buses, tricycles, and rail every day — yet reliable, plain-language information is scattered, outdated, or missing. Word of mouth and guesswork mean wasted money, wasted time, and anxiety.
Route knowledge lives in people's heads
Informal routes, landmarks, transfer points, and stop locations are not documented in one trusted place — you learn by trial and error.
Fares are unclear and change
Base fares, minimum fares, and student or senior discounts vary by mode and get revised. Total trip cost and a monthly commute budget are hard to guess.
Travel time is unpredictable
Realistic ranges by time of day, first and last trips, and flood-prone choke points are rarely published — so every rush hour is a gamble.
Safety and access are invisible
There is little guidance on well-lit stops, night options, or step-free and PWD-friendly routes — especially for first-timers and night commuters.
Alam mo na ang ruta, ang gastos, at kung makakauwi ka — bago ka pa umalis.The promise behind San Sasakay — verified guidance, not guesswork at the terminal.
— San Sasakay product brief
The ride, the fare, and whether you can still get home.
Open the planner, name both ends, and read the steps before you leave the house. Our team checks the routes. Every record shows when it was last verified.
The route
Search by terminal, landmark, or street. You get the walk to the first ride, the signboard, where to say Para po, and any transfer. If nothing verified runs that way, we say so.
The fare
Each leg shows the fare and the trip total. Student, senior, and PWD discounts are on the same plan, plus what the week and the month add up to.
The clock
A time range for the hour you leave, not a single minute. First trip, last trip, and an advisory only when it has a source and a time.
Getting there
Step-free notes, night-travel guidance, and a way to share the trip with someone you trust. Guidance, with the date it was last checked.
PITX to One Ayala. Two rides, one transfer.
The first option is our pick. The others are there if you want a different ride. Swap the ends for the way home, since the jeep out is not always the jeep back.
Jeepney, UV Express, bus, P2P, EDSA Carousel, MRT, LRT, train, and ferry, plus the walk between them. Directions use the landmark you already know.
Three parts of the same plan.
Start on the web. Name both ends and read the steps. The fare, the clock, and the rest of the trip sit on that same plan.
Plan the trip.
- Open at planuhin.sansasakay.com
- Search by terminal, landmark, or street. Drop a pin if the name doesn’t come up
- The walk, the ride, the signboard, where to get off, the transfer
- More than one option. The first is our pick
- Jeepney, UV Express, bus, P2P, EDSA Carousel, rail, and ferry
- Swap both ends for the ride home
- If we haven’t verified a route, we say so and don’t invent one
Know the cost and the hour.
- Fare per leg, trip total, and the student, senior, and PWD discount
- A commute budget for the day, the week, and the month
- Time ranges by hour, with a confidence label
- First trip, last trip, and official advisories
- Saved routes on the home screen
- Accessibility notes on the route
- After the trip, an optional “Kumusta ang biyahe mo?” You can skip it
The same plan, further out.
- Night-travel guidance, without promising the stop is safe
- Ibahagi ang biyahe with someone you trust
- Nasaan ako? for the routes near where you’re standing
- The last saved plan, still readable when the signal drops
- A morning note on the routes you actually ride
- The same planner in Cebu, Davao, and Iloilo
Questions commuters actually ask.
Straight answers on price, modes, platforms, and how San Sasakay differs from Maps or Waze.
Is San Sasakay free?
Yes. Planning a trip is free. There is no paywall on the route, the fare, or the time range.
Does it work on jeepneys and UV Express?
Yes. Jeepney, UV Express, P2P and city buses, the EDSA Carousel, MRT, LRT, train, and ferry, plus the walk between them. Tricycle rides sit on the same plan. Directions use landmarks, and each record shows when it was last verified.
Where do I plan a trip?
On the web, at planuhin.sansasakay.com. Name a terminal, a landmark, or a street. If the name doesn’t come up, drop a pin. The same plan is what you open on your phone.
How is San Sasakay different from Google Maps or Waze?
Maps and Waze are built for roads and cars. San Sasakay is for the ride you actually take: the signboard, where to say Para po, the fare, and a time range for the hour you leave. A curation team checks the data. We don’t guess a route we haven’t verified.
What if there’s no signal?
You need a connection to plan a new trip. The last plan you opened stays on the phone, labeled with when it was saved, so you can still read the next stop inside a tunnel or on a ride with one bar.
What does “Makakauwi ka ba?” mean for San Sasakay?
It’s the question that started the product: can you get home? The planner answers it before you leave, with the route, the cost, and the last trip. Late at night the check is “Makakauwi ka pa ba?”
“Makakauwi ka ba?”
I wasn't trying to solve a transit problem. I was just trying to get home.
A few friends and I were out one night, and when it was time to leave, nobody knew what route to take. Which jeep goes where. Is the UV still running this late. We were just standing there, guessing — the way every Filipino commuter has guessed, every single day, for decades.
Then my friend, we will call her Ugah, turned to me and asked: “Makakauwi ka ba?”
That question stayed with me. Not because it was dramatic. Because it was so ordinary. Millions of people ask some version of that question every day — before they leave the office, before they step out of a mall, before they decide whether to spend ₱300 on Grab or take their chances on a jeep that may or may not come.
And the answer is always a guess.
There's no app for that. Not really. Google Maps doesn't know if Route 22 is running tonight. Waze is for people with cars. Nobody built anything for the commuter standing at the corner of Market! Market! at 10pm, just trying to get home.
That's what I'm building. Not for the commuter who can afford to book a ride every time. For Ugah. For everyone who's ever stood at a stop and just… waited and hoped.
Plan the trip before you leave.
The planner is open at planuhin.sansasakay.com. Leave your email if you want to hear when a route you ride gets checked.