Pay only for one way

Every day over five million Indians commute from a city or town to another by various modes of transport. Taxi on Mobile, a city-based start-up, has introduced a service called ‘Empty Taxi’ wherein a commuter needs to pay only for the distance travelled one-way and not the two-way fare which is a norm in the travel industry.

This is a first-of-its-kind cab service in India and cabs can be booked either online or by using the Taxi On Mobile app.Yeshwanth Vepachedu, founding director, Taxi On Mobile, said, “In the test phase, more than two lakh passengers participated and were extremely happy with the service which included speedy travel, advanced security and no waiting time and proper reporting time.”

Yash added, “We have achieved great profits and overwhelming revenue from the model and we look forward to capture the major share in the four billion dollar market of intercity taxi service. By the end of the year we will also unveil innovative models and look forward to achieve around 50 per cent share in the inter-city taxi service market in India.”

Talking about the safety features, Uday Jindal, founding member of Taxi On Mobile, said, “We at Taxi On Mobile are using an advance security option were the id proofs of passenger and the driver is shared across with the server and the proofs are shown once the passenger boards the vehicle, the taxi passengers will share his id proofs with each other and then the vehicle moves to the destination.”