LAHORE: The Lahore Transport Company (LTC) has been assigned the task to enforce, plan and regulate the public transport system in the provincial metropolis with a view to provide safe, affordable, efficient and environment-friendly transport facilities of international standard to the public.

LTC Chairman Khwaja Ahmad Hassan said this on Tuesday while presiding over the launching ceremony of a user-friendly smart phone application `Bus Da Pata` about the buses plying on various city routes, in collaboration with Pakistan Trakker Limited.

According to a press release, Mr Hassan said the application would provide necessary information about a bus to the passengers on a single click.

The application could be downloaded free of cost from the internet on smart phones.

Its features include next bus` arrival time, trip planner, live bus locator, fare and route information that will help save commuters` time.

`The urban public transport has never been profitable but it is a social service and our private transport operators are contributing to the system,` he said.

He said a modern public transport facility was among top priorities in the federal budget.