Until not long ago, the way to stop a taxi was with the familiar hand gesture. Now the choice is made before even seeing the vehicle approach. And it's again in his hand, but in a very different way.
This is Taxibeat, the pioneering Greek app for mobile phones and computers, which has conquered the whole world. By using it, the passenger can choose which taxi driver to call to transport them to their destination, selecting based on the highest rating, the vehicle, how close they are to the point where the passenger is, and also according to the extra services they offer.
After conquering Greece, this application has started to become especially popular worldwide. After Bucharest, Paris, Oslo, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Mexico City, in the coming months Taxibeat will serve passengers in Istanbul and Lima.
Indeed, as is demonstrated in practice, the app forces taxi drivers to upgrade the services they provide. «The ability for a user to rate the driver obliges the latter to try harder. There are drivers who offer bottled water, others who have magazines for the passenger to leaf through during the ride and others who offer free wi-fi», says Spyros Dovas, business development director of the company, to «Ethnos».
The inspiration for the idea was Nikos Drandakis, who three years ago created the company together with his partners, when he found himself in a remote area where he could not locate a taxi.
Source: iefimerida.gr
