Khalid Al-Awadhi, Director of Transportation Systems Department at the Public Transport Agency, announced the provision of free Wi-Fi, as well as digital services for taxi passengers, including knowing the taxi tariff at the current market value of the dirham compared to the customer's currency and the possibility of evaluating the performance and behavior of the driver. Access to simultaneous interpretation options to communicate with the driver in different languages.
Al Awadhi said the service is part of the TECH TAXI initiative on electronic transformation of taxi services in Dubai, which has been implemented by the RTA.
He added that the initiative includes the provision of free Wi-Fi service, as well as digital services for taxi customers, which is part of the digital development plans for the transport sector to activate the directions of the Smart City, which included e-booking, which was officially launched recently with Karim "Hala" .
He explained that the initiative reflects the great importance that the TRA attaches to the smart electronic transformation in the transport sector, in response to the directives of the Dubai government to make Dubai the smartest city in the world, especially as the Emirate of Dubai is one of the most important modern cities,
Al-Awadhi pointed out that the "Taxi Taxi" initiative includes the provision of "free Wi-Fi" in all taxis, where 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 Several digital services through the options provided in his phone, including communication with the driver interpretation of the language of the passenger to the language chosen by the driver and appear in front of the meter screen.
He added that the "Tech Taxi" initiative 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 the availability of happiness scale Satisfaction with the service, as well as an option to assess the performance and behavior of the driver by looking at the driver's file, and that the passenger can see the details of the vehicle meter on the phone screen.
Al-Awadhi stressed that this initiative is the first of its kind in the world in that it includes several digital services combined through a single link.