The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has announced that it has launched the Tech Taxi initiative on electronic transformation in taxi services in Dubai, which includes free Wi-Fi and digital services for taxi customers, which are part of the digital development plans for the transport sector. , To activate the trends of the Smart City, one of which was the e-booking, which was officially launched recently with the cream company «Hala».
Khalid Al Awadhi, Director of the Transport Systems Department at the Public Transport Corporation, said that the initiative reflects the importance the Authority attaches to the smart electronic transformation in the transport sector, in response to the Government of Dubai's directions to make Dubai the smartest city in the world. Modern cities, explaining that the initiative «« Taxi »includes the provision of« Wi-Fi »free in all taxis, the customer can through his smartphone to use via the network WI-FI UAE, and then the passenger can use the link www.taxiconnect.ae to get On several digital services via options provided in his phone, from him Instant communication with the driver to translate the language of the passenger to the language chosen by the driver and appear in front of him on the counter screen.
He added that the initiative «Tech Taxi» also includes informing the passenger on the route of the trip through a map that can be sent to his relatives to know his location, as well as an option that shows the passenger currency rates, to be able to pay the taxi tariff at the current market value of the dirham compared to the currency of the customer, as well as provide a measure of happiness Satisfaction with the service, as well as an option to evaluate the performance and behavior of the driver by looking at the driver's file, and the passenger can know the details of the vehicle meter on the phone screen.