Logistics and Transportation

 In recent years it has been noticed that many taxi service providers are opting for mobile applications to improve their business service quality, enable matchup of their drivers and passengers seamlessly and above all keep up with the high demand in the industry. A user-friendly taxi booking app helps the companies take their customer experience to the next level by turning a bothersome taxi booking experience to a convenient one. Is there any particular type of software solution that should be followed while developing such a user-friendly taxi booking app? Yes, of course, there is. To automate and modernize your taxi fleet operations, you need an app powered by cutting edge dispatch technology, and that app is  white label taxi app. White label solution has been introduced as a boon for taxi apps, facilitating the taxi companies make the dispatch service fast and hassle-free. To make the most out of the white label taxi apps, you need to know what must-have factors t...

A lot of people are looking forward to Starting a taxi business  owing to its scope of tremendous growth. One can spike their taxi network and the return of investment in a short span of time, which makes it a great opportunity for ambitious entrepreneurs. The gateway to success in the taxi business is maintaining the supply of good drivers. Why is driver acquisition an important factor for a taxi business? Your business can grow like never before if you have a strong pool of drivers who can give high-quality service to the passengers. The challenging part here is to retain committed drivers and attract more to meet the passenger’s demands. Do you want to know how to attract drivers and grow your taxi network? Read on the strategies below to hire more drivers and stay competitive. Bonuses Bonus helps employees to meet goals, stay motivated and committed as per research in human psychology. Surge bonuses and sign-up bonuses are a great and quick way to attract mor...

With the introduction of fast-evolving technologies and wide usage of smartphones, digital and mobile wallets are gradually becoming the new mode of tap-and-go consumerism, making the payment system convenient, swift, fast and secure. Ranging from buying grocery to booking movie tickets and from paying utility bills to booking a cab, everything has now become more seamless than ever with the use of digital wallets. Especially to stand ahead of the curve and retain customers, nowadays many cab service providers use mobile wallets in  taxi apps  where customers can pre-load money and use that to pay for the service while traveling. Undoubtedly, the addition of wallet option to taxi apps has brought a great sense of relief to both the customers and drivers. They can quickly settle payments without the hassle of tendering exact change. There is certainly a wide range of benefits one can have from the integration of mobile wallets in a taxi booking app. But before diving into tha...

Running a Taxi business can be lucrative and satisfying but needs circumspection! The taxi business is a capital-intensive venture but can bring returns on investments quickly depending on how well it is run. In order to run this well, Today, we are going to give you a lesson on how to boost your taxi business and achieve growth amidst the stiff competition. You can use all of the ways and get more customers on board. Discussion Points The taxi business  is often run in a specific area; for example, there are taxi services that are run across a whole country whereas some taxi services are run only in certain cities or specific regions. Taxi businesses, in general, have something in common with the other transport businesses as well as unique differences. Some important points related to this must be considered if you are contemplating “how to start a taxi business?” Estimating the Potential for Taxi Business Determine if there is enough potential for a taxi business...

Running a limousine company is an expensive affair, mainly due to the high insurance premium of the limos. And the emergence of online taxi services like Uber has given the limousine companies a set of new challenges to deal with. The hesitancy of limo companies to adopt technological solutions is often traced as a reason for their dwindling profits. If you are a limousine business owner who wants to devise fresh plans for improvement and growth of your business, here is an informative read. Why Is Limousine Business Here to Stay? A limousine is a symbol of luxury. It offers the best level of comfort while adding a touch of elegance to the image of anyone who hires it. People will never opt out of hiring luxury cars for special occasions. The occasions range from personal events like a wedding or night party to official requirements like corporate event shuttling or welcoming a special client for fixing an important business deal. There is no way that the demand for limousine se...

Be it New York or New Delhi, the ‘surge pricing’ system garnered a lot of media attention and has been a hot debate topic in the last few years. On a simple note, surge pricing or dynamic pricing is a tool used by ridesharing companies when the number of ride requests surpasses the availability of cabs in a particular area. However, there has been a lot of controversy around this pricing tactics when applied to the on-demand taxi services. This blog digs deeper into the surge pricing model and how it affects all stakeholders which include drivers, taxi aggregators, and commuters. What is Surge Pricing Dynamic pricing in economics refers to a time-based pricing strategy in which business set flexible prices depending on the market demand. This type of pricing model is used by airlines, hotels, railways, etc. The same pricing model is applied to ride-sharing as well. Taxi aggregators use a pricing algorithm that maps the demand-supply in a particular area and fix the rate accor...

20% of employee turnover occurs in the first 45 days of a job. A company loses 25% of new recruits within a year. Hiring a new employee costs money so how should you make them stay? The answer to the question is an effective onboarding process which increases retention, engagement, satisfaction, and loyalty of your employees. Simply put, onboarding is the process of assimilating your employees into a company. The onboarding process helps the new recruits adjust to the social and performance aspects of their job. New hires learn the skills, attitudes, behaviors, and characteristics required to deliver an efficient performance within an organization. The onboarding process is a crucial one for all companies, including taxi businesses. You can check out the Uber onboarding to get an idea of the efforts Uber puts in to assimilate its drivers. 69% of employees are more likely to stay in your company for three years if they get an effective onboarding. It can also help you deri...

The key to the success of a taxi business is promoting it in its local market. And in taxi business promotion, to stay competitive you must have a comprehensive taxi dispatch app. Creating a taxi dispatch app can drastically increase the customer base by making the process of taxi booking, tracking the car’s movement and paying for the ride just a few taps away. But, is having an app-based system for your taxi business enough to ensure success? Well, it’s not. To grow your customer base, you must market the taxi booking app properly. And to do this you need a solid marketing strategy. Implementing a solid marketing plan can help you acquire and retain both your customers and drivers. In this post, you will get to know about how to market your app for taxi and make it popular among your drivers and customers. But before diving into that discussion, let’s talk about other important things to do before launching your taxi app. Things to Consider Before Launching a Taxi Booking Ap...

A robust taxi app, powered by cutting-edge dispatch technology, always helps taxi business owners reach more users than usual, maximize profits and take bookings in a hassle-free way. Other than offering seamless riding experience to the passengers, taxi apps help the drivers do their job with complete ease and efficiency. But are these features enough to make a taxi booking app the most beneficial software solution for taxi businesses? Well, no they are not. To make the entire business operation smooth and efficient, a taxi app should offer a seamless financial management process too. And that is why a taxi booking app must have an automated driver billing and payout system. So, if you are planning to launch your  taxi-hailing app , this post will help you have a thorough idea of why you must include the automated driver billing system in your app. In this post, you will get to know the wide benefits you can get if your taxi app has automated billing service. But before div...

The customer is the king and it is more applicable in this age of connected existence. Positive reviews by your customers can increase the reputation of your taxi business and generate trust. It also shows that you have been able to provide a positive experience to your customers which is essential for the growth of your business. But things don't always turn out the way you expect them to! Your customers can have a bad experience and leave you negative feedback and complaints. Things don't just stop there-  13%  unhappy customers will share their bad experience with at least 15 people, according to research by Esteban Kolsky. You cannot prevent customer complaints, nor can stop your customers from talking about their bad experience. But you can use customer complaints and address them effectively to win the favor of your customers. We will take a look at the benefits of customer complaints and tell you how to handle customer complaints the right way! Advantages of ...

Running a Taxi business can be lucrative and satisfying but needs circumspection! The taxi business is a capital-intensive venture but can bring returns on investments quickly depending on how well it is run. In order to run this well, Today, we are going to give you a lesson on how to boost your taxi business and achieve growth amidst the stiff competition. You can use all of the ways and get more customers on board. Discussion Points The taxi business is often run in a specific area; for example, there are taxi services that are run across a whole country whereas some taxi services are run only in certain cities or specific regions. Taxi businesses, in general, have something in common with the other transport businesses as well as unique differences. Some important points related to this must be considered if you are contemplating “how to start a taxi business?” Estimating the Potential for Taxi Business Determine if there is enough potential for a taxi business...

The taxi industry has undergone a tremendous change over the past few years. With the introduction of taxi-hailing services like Uber and Lyft, people don’t need to wait for hours to board a taxi or public transport. The way these on-demand taxis are providing us the ease of moving is remarkable. While we enjoy booking cabs anytime on demand, there’s another player in the transportation industry that is joining the mobile app trend to manage its already established manual dispatch process - Radio Taxis. Radio taxis were really popular in the 1990s when it brought a new level of comfort and convenience in the public transport industry. People could dial a number and book a cab to the desired location without any hassle. Today, most of the radio taxi services have adopted radio taxi dispatch system and rely on mobile apps for their operation. In India, the radio cabs made their way during the mid-1990s in various metro cities like Delhi and Mumbai. Different Indian players and i...

Gone are the days when every single business day of a taxi driver used to be dependent on taxi agents for getting passengers. The entire process used to be less effective and costlier as compared to the present date. Also, after reaching from point A to point B, the taxi drivers, having poor knowledge about a particular area, used to face difficulties in getting new passengers in the point B. Nowadays the sphere of the taxi industry is rapidly changing. The idea of taxi driver application has appeared to take all the problems to toss out of the window and shift the entire process to a driver application on a smartphone. Undoubtedly the introduction of taxi driver app, also known as taxi driver dispatch app, has brought a significant change in the landscape of taxi service and transportation industry. It has started helping the whole taxi business expand in assistance with an all-in-one operating system for sending off taxis, tracking locations, processing payments, and man...

The presence of technology is ubiquitous today, facilitating our lives in more ways than meets the eye. Its applications have become indispensable in our day-to-day lives and its influence is far-reaching, shaping an increasing number of our decisions and actions. Taxi-hailing apps are a part of such a technological sphere in which every personal encounter is designed to promote comfort, riding experience, and user convenience. This direction of emphasis has made things easier for both riders and the company. Today, a company like Uber is in the driving seat in the taxi-hailing app business. CNBC rated Uber second on its list of most disruptive companies in the world in the year 2018 (after SpaceX). To detect a potential customer and convert them into a regular user, Uber provides a 50-percent discount on the first ride taken by each new rider. Uber has created a market for taxi-hailing apps and the lack of access to such a service today may be considered a compromise of ...

If you have seen The Jetsons, the idea of flying around in a personal aircraft must have seemed enticing! While you cannot own a private aircraft right yet, you can still get a ride on a flying taxi in a few years. Many aviation technology companies around the world have already conducted test runs of their air taxi concepts and could launch their service even before 2025! All that remains to be done is to establish regulations and certifications for the industry and things are good to go. In this blog, we will find out the possible impact of flying taxi on the transport industry, commuters, and society as a whole. Then we will take a look at the eight most promising flying taxi companies around the globe. What are the Possible Perks of Flying Taxis ? The transport industry is becoming more convenient and friendly to the customer with every passing day. Aerial taxis could be the next significant disruption awaiting the ride-hailing sector with the likes of Uber investing mill...

Shared mobility refers to transportation services and other resources which are shared by multiple users. They are either used at the same time or in a fixed order. For example, all kinds of public transit represent shared mobility. Whether it be taxis, rented cars, bike sharing, car sharing, ride sharing, ride-sourcing or side-splitting, shared mobility is paving the way for the future. Shuttle services along with “micro transit” are becoming more popular with each day. Shared mobility trends show that the popularity of shared mobility is constantly on the rise. However, it will not reverse global vehicle sales. It might lead to lesser car sales and slow the process down. With shared mobility becoming the norm, it is likely that we will see lesser personal vehicles on the road. By 2030, around a third of the expected rise in vehicle sales caused by urbanization and macroeconomic growth will not take place because of the prevalence of shared mobility. However, shared-mobility ...