Ankara Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Mansur Yavaş, in his post on Twitter Smart Taxi He said that they have implemented the application. It is stated that ABB will undertake the costs of the systems to be installed in the vehicle without the need to pay any fee to the taxi and license plate owners that are currently in use.
With this new application, the relevant directorates of the municipality will be able to instantly monitor how many taxis are in Ankara, how many are active and where they are. Users, on the other hand, will be able to take advantage of the mobile application and control all information without the need for a phone, via the tablet attached to the back of the front seat in the car.
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Uber breeze in Ankara: Smart Taxi application
Many users express that they are not satisfied with the taxi service in metropolises such as Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir. The Mayors of these provinces are trying to solve this problem by carrying out various studies. However, none of them could repeat the success of the Uber application, which entered our lives in the past years, by offering customers what they want.
Today, Ankara Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Mansur Yavaş said that they have taken an important step in solving problems by bringing together a new application and technology. Thanks to this system, which is still in the testing phase, users will be able to solve many problems they complain about.
Innovations brought by the Smart Taxi application for drivers
- Vehicle owners will be able to follow the turnover of taxis and drivers.
- The empty/full information of the taxi can be seen instantly.
- The locations of the vehicles can be tracked live.
- The driver will be given speed dial access.
- It will be possible to reach the information of the passenger in the cars or the general mileage.
- A profile will be created with a special user name and password for the drivers.
- The routes of past journeys and the snow they brought will be seen on the map.
Innovations brought by the Smart Taxi application for customers
- You will be able to benefit from multilingual support and support team through the call center.
- Customers will be safe 24 hours a day, 7 days a week thanks to the vehicle tracking system.
- As a payment method, there are additional options such as NFC, credit card and Başkent card.
- Thanks to the navigation service, you will travel on the fixed and fastest route.
- Thanks to the mobile application, you will be able to see the fare in advance and call a taxi to your location.
- In addition, thanks to the Smart Stop system, priority will be given to vehicles located in your neighborhood instead of a distant taxi.
The Smart Taxi application offers much more than just an application that we can download to our phones. Because while keeping taxi drivers under the control of both the municipality and customers, it also eliminates many problems that users complain about, such as taximeter prices, passenger selection and route change.
Similarly, taxi drivers seem to be quite happy with the situation. Because their earnings, taxation and security are secured through the same systems. Moreover, they say that there will be no more arguments because of the changing taximeter prices.
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