Rides across Greater Portmore, Braeton and the Causeway commute into Kingston. Drift is live across Jamaica today.
Portmore is a commuter city. Tens of thousands of people live here and work in Kingston, which makes the Causeway and the Mandela Highway two of the most heavily used stretches of road in Jamaica, twice a day, every weekday.
That commute is currently served by route taxis and buses that fill up fast at peak and thin out badly outside it. A late finish at work in New Kingston can mean a long wait or a much more expensive charter.
Drift prices on distance and time and runs around the clock, so the 6am start and the 10pm finish are the same kind of booking.
Areas covered
The large planned residential phases and their local plazas.
Residential Braeton and the surrounding schemes.
Established residential areas near the main road.
The commercial centre and shopping.
The beach and fish restaurants on the south coast.
Caymanas Bay, the park and the developing corridor toward Spanish Town.
The routes people actually ask for
The classic commute across the Causeway into the corporate area.
The office and government run into the waterfront district.
Westward along the Mandela Highway corridor.
The weekend run out for fish and festival.
Across Kingston to the Palisadoes strip.
Nearly everything leaving Portmore for Kingston funnels through the Causeway or the Mandela Highway, and both are toll-sensitive and congestion-sensitive. Timing shifts journey length dramatically — the same trip can vary by half an hour depending on when you leave.
Because Drift quotes on distance and time before you book, a peak-hour crawl is priced as what it is, and you agree to it in advance rather than watching a meter climb. Note that road tolls are paid directly by the rider to the toll operator and are not collected through the app.
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Rides across New Kingston, Half Way Tree, Downtown and the corporate area
Rides along the Hip Strip, Rose Hall, Ironshore and Sangster Airport
Rides for the cruise pier, Dunn's River, Turtle Beach and the north coast resorts
Rides along Seven Mile Beach, the West End cliffs and the Norman Manley Boulevard strip
Rides across St Catherine, the historic centre and the Kingston corridor
What people ask about getting around Portmore
Sometimes. Uber coverage in Jamaica is centred on Kingston and Montego Bay, and Portmore sits in the Kingston metropolitan area — so a car may be available, but it depends on a driver being nearby and can be thin outside peak hours. Route taxis along the Portmore Toll Road carry most of the commute. Drift is now live in Portmore, covering the Kingston commute with the fare shown upfront in Jamaican dollars.
Yes. You can book across the Causeway to New Kingston, Downtown or anywhere else in the Corporate Area, with the fare shown in Jamaican dollars before you confirm. Portmore to Kingston typically costs about JMD 1,200 off-peak.
No. Road tolls are paid by the rider directly to the toll operator and are not metered or collected through the Drift app.
Yes, Drift runs 24 hours a day. Late finishes and early starts are exactly the times when route taxi availability thins out.
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