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23Feb By Press Trust of IndiaNo Comments

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Uber Ties Up With Bangalore Metro

Global taxi-hailing platform Uber said it has partnered with Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) across 12 metro stations to provide last mile connectivity to everyday commuters. Consumers can avail the service through exclusive Uber booking counters at metro stations, Uber said in a statement. It said Uber representatives will also be available at these counters to ensure metro commuters get a reliable and affordable ride to their next destination. Uber booking counters at Metro stations will be available by end of March 2017. "This partnership is a great example of how the public and private transport can work together and complement each other's strengths in order to help solve major issues that citizens face, in this case, last mile connectivity," Uber (Bengal...

Is Bike Taxi Services ‘Safe’ for Women in India?

Operators of bike-taxis, which have over the past few months been emerging as viable, convenient and low-cost solutions for travel in the city, are now looking to attract more women riders to use the service. "We have around 400 mandatory steps that the driver needs to pass. We take a ride test and a third party does all the verification plus there are vehicle instructions and mandatory training," says Aarvind Sanka, co-founder of Rapido, an app based service . Sanka says 10 per cent of their daily customers are women and the organisation is working on bringing on board more women drivers. However for some people like Rahul Kumar, a resident of Gurgaon, are skeptical of the safety of bike-taxis. "It may be cheap but I still wouldn't prefer it for a long distance tra...

Uber temporarily shuts down auto services in India

Bengaluru: Ride-hailing service Uber Technologies Inc. has temporarily suspended offering autorickshaw rides on it platform, called uberAUTO, in Delhi, amid plans to revamp and expand the service to more Indian cities. “We are temporarily removing this product to solve specific problems that need to be resolved to help it scale,” a spokeswoman for Uber said in a statement on Wednesday. Uber didn’t give any details of the specific problems it faces or how it plans to expand the service. “At Uber, we continuously experiment with products to ensure that we can provide the most efficient, affordable and convenient ride to everyone everywhere,” the statement said. The US company had in April started offering uberAUTO services in Delhi, amid stiff competition from its local rival Ola...