Archive for July, 2016

Hey Didi turns to taxi services

Hey Didi turns to taxi services

Restricted to serving ecommerce company needs as a last mile delivery expert, Mumbai-based Hey Didi is said to be looking at entering the taxi services market. The startup, which has 10 women drivers on scooters, is plannig to have 5,000 women scooter drivers by the end of this calender year. The plans of the company to enter two-wheeler taxi services[Read More…]

by July 5, 2016 News

New road rules hold agencies accountable?

According to the 234th report of the standing committee on transport, tourism and culture that was tabled in Parliament recently, there are hurdles preventing the replacement of existing Motor Vehicles Act with a proposed Road Transport and Safety Bill, 2015. While the data presented by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) in the Rajya Sabha revealed that 1,46,133[Read More…]

by July 5, 2016 News
Mumbai’s conventional transport loses sheen?

Mumbai’s conventional transport loses sheen?

In Mumbai, statistics collated by the transport department and various unions reported a near 30 per cent drop in commuters of conventional transport like BEST buses and the ‘black-yellow’ (kaali-peeli) taxis. The study, conducted over a five year period (2011 to 2016), has revealed that the passengers have switched to aggregators like Ola, Uber and other modes of transport like[Read More…]

by July 5, 2016 News

Taxi aggregators witness a surge in issues

Travellers seem to be in for a rough ride with complaints against taxi aggregators in Delhi on the rise. Complaints against taxi aggregators is rising at other places in the country too. It was only recently that the Delhi Government, based on overcharging complaints, cracked the whip. Overcharging, claimed to have been done under the premise of surge pricing, was[Read More…]

by July 5, 2016 News