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El Reg reports
Singapore's Land Transport Authority (LTA) has found a way to out-Uber Uber by launching a taxi-finding app of its own.
[...]Come December, the Authority will also offer a new app called "Taxi-Taxi@SG" that will "show the availability and location of taxis across the island and better match these taxis to commuters."
"Through an integrated platform map, commuters can easily locate the number of available taxis near them and broadcast their positions so taxi drivers can identify the exact locations of potential customers" the Authority says. "Similarly, taxi drivers can make use of this app to cut down the time spent on the roads looking for customers."
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(Score: 2) by TheRaven on Monday December 01 2014, @05:13PM
The other benefit is the bidding. I live in a fairly small city in the UK. There are three taxi companies here that offer apps. None of them quote a price up front, but even if they did then trying to work out which one is cheapest (or more likely to be on time) at any given time would be quite hard if you have to check three different apps. For bigger cities there are a lot more than 3 taxi companies.
For people who travel a lot, the biggest benefit of Uber is that there's just one app. You get of a plane, and Uber will let you book a taxi (if you fly United, their app integrates with Uber directly). There's no need to work out which local company has a good reputation, contact them, or queue at a taxi rank: just use the app you're already familiar with and book the car.
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