Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 19: The recently introduced 24×7 taxi service owned and operated by women entrepreneurs for female travellers, known as “She-Taxi,” is to feature a replacement facility, automotive pooling, a authorities official aforesaid Wednesday.
The “She-Taxis” were launched last month in the Kerala capital, and ferries solely girls passengers. The vehicles also are driven by ladies.
The “She-Taxi” project was initiated by Gender Park, a replacement branch of the state government’s department of social justice, meant to unify all activities geared toward achieving gender equality within the state.
“Gender Park currently can roll out a facility of ‘car pooling’ as a part of the She-Taxi services for ladies commuters. this is often expected to assist professionals and students who travel the town everyday from the suburbs and outskirts,” said Gender Park CEO P.T.M. Sunish in a press statement issued Wednesday.
The rates for the car pooling service can rely on the space every individual travels, and can be fastened by the driver.
The She-Taxi, that started with 5 cars, is ready to expand to a fleet of 25 cars from the New Year. In 3 months, it’s expected that 100 vehicles on city roads will be a part of the She-Taxi service.
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd is partnering with Gender Park because the official supplier of the personalised pink-and-white cabs.
The cars can have facilities like GPS, exactness metering systems, personal and emergency alert systems, in-car diversion and different luxuries.
Fleet operations and promoting are handled by the Technopark-based Rain Concert Technologies Ltd, and a nonstop decision centre can be set up for the purpose.
The taxis can have access to the control room through the day and night, and can be monitored and assisted by police.
Since its launch last month, She-Taxi has seen tremendous response, particularly throughout the recently all over International festival of Kerala in Thiruvananthapuram.
“Looking at however sure-fire it’s evidenced in one month, a lot of girls entrepreneurs currently need to work their own taxis,” Sunish told.
“Car pooling is definitely reaching to bring down the price of travel. we have a tendency to are waiting for it, as a result of if 3 folks travel along, it’d price us less in this taxi than in an autorickshaw that every folks hires one by one,” T. Mridula, an engineer engaging at the IT field in Technopark aforesaid.
All cabs are metered, and equipped with an electronic payment system that enables commuters to use credit or debit cards whereas paying the fare. Customers may conjointly pay in money.
The control room conjointly tracks the taxis in real time, using GPS.