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1,500 drivers write to Kailash Gahlot on Motor Vehicle Aggregator Scheme

Over 1,500 cab drivers have written to Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot and given suggestions on the Motor Vehicle Aggregator Scheme 2023. The scheme was approved by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal last month. Mandatory panic buttons in taxis, integration with emergency response number '112', and phase-wise transition to electric vehicles (EV) are some of the highlights of the scheme to regulate cab aggregators and delivery service providers in the national capital. In their petition, the drivers cited the higher cost of electric vehicles as compared to other vehicles. They have also demanded easy loan options to make the transition smoother. They have suggested that a scheme be launched to balance the costs of making the shift. The drivers have also requested the minister to make some provisions so that the vehicles come installed with panic buttons and extra costs to install them should not be borne by them.

Cabbies in Goa to go through orientation programme: Transport Minister

Goa Transport Minister Mauvin Godinho reiterated on Monday that taxi drivers in the state will have to undergo a mandatory orientation programme to learn all the traffic rules

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 ..

Inclusive roads: New batch of women cab drivers starts training in Delhi

In all, 450 applications received so far for driving lessons

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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.

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

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.

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

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%

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