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12/06/2013
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The cabbie Wanderson Soares , one of which cater for applications : " Now I have more work and even security without paying daily to cooperatives " - Foto : Fabio Rossi / O Globo
RIO - Standing in the street with outstretched arm , motioning for taxi and end up seeing multiple direct spending is a thing of the past. Today , with just a few taps on your phone, you can get board within minutes and still choose the driver , as the evaluation of other service users. The applications of mobile service fell in the taste of passengers and drivers and promise to revolutionize the taxi service on the River , considered one of the worst in the country . In little over a year , more than half the fleet of taxis in the city, which is 33 thousand vehicles , is already using applications to pick up passengers .
The new technology is already threatening the traditional cooperatives . To avoid losing market one of the most traditional of the city, JB Taxi, is launching this month its own application .
- It's a new toy , it is fashionable - the president of JB Taxi, Renato Avila says . - We know that the phone contact has flaws . We therefore believe that the use of applications is a trend and we are bringing it to our cooperative .
In addition to the smartphone , the user can also use the desktop to request the service . Applications can be downloaded for free in the App Store ( iPhone and iPad ) and Google Play ( Android ) .
Passengers can compare services
Passengers can download various applications and compare the services , to know what has more drivers available. One drawback is the inconsistency of the signal from the internet .
With high fees, some cooperatives are losing professionals . In the case of service by the application , the driver paid £ 2 per race administrator . Have the cooperatives , the value is about £ 190 per week.
André Gonçalves , for example , worked for four years in a cooperative in the South Zone and left a month ago after he started using the Easy Taxi and 99taxis :
- I went to do a larger number of races and pay less . Furthermore , using application , have the advantage of needing no pay when I can not work .
Passengers praise the service. The designer Ana Dias , who lives in Gávea and always wore cooperatives now uses two applications and approve:
- Whenever I called cooperatives , there was no car. With the apps , I know where the cars are and who are the drivers .
Who also says that applications easier your life is the designer Carlos Tufvesson , who lives in the Fountain of Saudade , which always depended on taxis cooperatives :
- I faced difficulty getting car and waited a long time for the return . Now , I downloaded two apps , I can see where the driver is and , if necessary , explain the path .
The businessman Tallis Gomes , founder and executive director of Easy Taxi , said that when launching the tool in April 2012 , the idea was to encourage more use of private taxi to take cars off the road .
- The model had an immediate result. We cabbies enslaved by cooperatives , which pay high monthly fees. I notice that the application will help improve the service . I have a staff of 40 which checks the taxi driver record - Tallis said .
Only the Easy Taxi now has 17 thousand registered professionals . Other applications, such as Taxi and 99taxis Beat also compete in a free market rise and now have about eight thousand taxi drivers each . The competition is fierce between applications to attract drivers .
The Taxibeat , for example , who got a contribution of $ 10 million , decided not to do any more for the collection of taxi drivers for races conducted with the application.
- The applications have emerged with the goal of helping the passenger to get taxi faster , but what we see is that they are increasingly contributing to improve the service in big cities . The driver is evaluated , and the result becomes available to another user, who can choose the car model and the most friendly taxi driver , among other things - Sandro said Barretto , Marketing Manager for Taxibeat .
The company currently has 250 thousand registered passengers .
GLOBE tested the application on Wednesday and compared with the service of a cooperative that operates in the South Zone At 9h48m , was asked by Taxibeat , a taxi at the door of the newspaper , in Irenaeus Navy Street , in the center . A driver who was a mile away , and arrive in four minutes and well rated (five stars ) was selected . By the mobile screen , it was possible to follow the route taken by the vehicle. In less than expected , while Wanderson Soares arrived .
With note 4.8 (out of 5 ) , he graduated in law and adhered to said applications for five months . No regrets .
- I now have more job security and even without paying daily to cooperatives . Most users are young , but I'm seeing that many middle-aged people are now using the application - evaluated .
In Ipanema , GLOBE made contact with a cooperative , requiring prior registration. As there were problems in the system to a new , were registered only the cell , and the name of the passenger , which took two minutes, but had to await the return . Two more minutes. Then, in less than two minutes, one taxi arrived. Ie , the service took a total of almost six minutes.
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