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Uber expands pre-booking 'Reserve' option to 6 more cities in India
Ride-hailing app Uber on Wednesday announced the expansion of 'Reserve' facility across six more cities in India, giving riders an option to pre-book their rides 30 minutes to 90 days ahead of their travel. Uber Reserve will now be available for cash payments offering riders access to pre-booked rides, it said in a statement. The six new cities added are Kochi, Chandigarh, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Lucknow and Guwahati. "Reserve now appears as a new option in the latest version of the Uber app and is available on Uber Premier, Uber Intercity, Uber Rentals and Uber XL," an Uber release said. With this, the service is now live across 13 cities -- Mumbai, Bengaluru, Delhi-NCR, Kolkata, Chennai, Pune, Hyderabad, Kochi, Chandigarh, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Lucknow and Guwahati -- in India. The new product is developed keeping in mind pre-planned travel needs, including work trips, airport drops, visits to the doctor, and other scheduled appointments, according to Uber. "With Reserve, riders can ..
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Inclusive roads: New batch of women cab drivers starts training in Delhi
In all, 450 applications received so far for driving lessons
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8,740 grievances against cab aggregators for service deficiency
The Centre on Wednesday informed the Lok Sabha that it has received 8,740 grievances reported against the cab aggregators for deficiency in services, inadequate consumer grievance redressal, etc
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Punjab govt likely to announce financial relief to transporters today
The private transporters, who have had several meetings with the new Aam Aadmi Party government, have been demanding that the Motor Vehicle Tax (MVT) of Rs 2.54 per km be reduced
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Cab drivers demand subsidised fuel, streamlining fare fixation process
Drivers of cabs and tourist taxis staged a protest at Jantar Mantar here to demand removal of MCD toll tax and streamlining the process of fixing fares by app-based taxi services Uber and Ola
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2 vax doses likely to be made compulsory for auto, taxi travelers in B'luru
BBMP, the civic agency of Bengaluru, is seriously considering replicating the Mumbai model of making two doses of vaccination compulsory for those who travel by autos, taxis and public transport
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Bengaluru cab driver self-immolates over rising fuel costs in the past year
A taxi driver succumbed to severe burn injuries after he attempted to self-immolate inside his cab at Kempegowda International Airport (KIA)
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India's gig workers hit hardest by coronavirus pandemic, finds survey
This survey of 770 ride-sharing drivers, delivery workers, and housecleaners using digital platforms was conducted in August 2020, as Covid-19 cases were surging across in India
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Ola introduces in-app 'tipping' facility for customers to reward drivers
Ola rolled out new cashless 'tipping' functionality that enables customers to voluntarily reward drivers for going the extra mile to deliver a safe ride experience amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Ola commits Rs 500 cr to enable safe mobility for citizens, driver-partners
As a large number of major cities saw operations resuming on the Ola app in the last week, Ola has set up a network of over 500 fumigation centres across the country at various hotspots and airports
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Andhra govt hands over Rs 10,000 to each of 262,000 auto, cab drivers
The government plans to disburse next week a financial assistance under a state scheme for barbers, washermen, and tailors, and to handloom weavers on June 24.
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Covid-19 outbreak: Hailing an Uber ride on day one of lockdown 3.0
Nothing suggested it was a cab ride during extraordinary times except that the driver patiently waited at the gate without making any hurry-up calls
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Govt's move to cap commission at 10% will put us out of business: Cab firms
The government is considering a proposal to cap the commission paid by drivers at 10%
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As incentives and income fall, app-based cab drivers strike their own deals
According to consulting firm Redsheer, the drivers incentives i.e. percentage of gross booking value has fallen from 60 per cent in 2015 to just about 8 per cent in 2018
My chauffeur. Not really!
I find myself paying for his extra hours of duty - even though I don't get to benefit from even the primary ones
African nationals thrash cab driver in Delhi
In Rajpur Khurd, the locality in which African nationals were attacked by groups of locals in four separate incidents last week
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