Uber starts motorbike taxi service in Jakarta

The company said its "UberMotor" service would provide cheap and reliable transportation

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APPTI Jakarta
Last Updated : Apr 13 2016 | 10:31 AM IST
Ride-hailing app Uber has launched a motorbike taxi service in the Indonesian capital where Southeast Asian rivals Go-Jek and Grab are already battling for dominance.

Jakarta is one of the world's most congested cities and motorbike taxis ordered from a smartphone app have exploded in popularity in the past 18 months as a way to beat the traffic.

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Uber said today that its "UberMotor" service would provide cheap and reliable transportation for potentially hundreds of thousands of people.

The company used a local social media and YouTube star Arief Muhammad to launch its service, saying he was the first person in Jakarta to use an Uber motorcycle taxi.

Both Go-Jek and Grab both claim to be the biggest provider of motorbike taxi rides in Indonesia.
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First Published: Apr 13 2016 | 9:48 AM IST

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