Thursday, November 21, 2013

GPS/GPRS Systems in Taxis, AutoRickshaws – Coming Soon

In Upcoming time very soon auto rickshaws & taxis in the Mumbai metropolitan area will have global positioning system (GPS) & general packet radio service (GPRS).  “We plan to include GPS tracking & GPRS. These will be related for the newest permits that will be issued by the state govt.” said transport official sources.

Each time a control room is set-up, the state will press for installation of this gear for checking & co-ordination reasons. Having these two mechanisms will help in carrying the non-air conditioned taxis & auto rickshaws on a par with private fleet taxis. There are plans of the state government to come out with 10,000 dead taxi allows for Mumbai, while at the similar time 32,000 latent auto-permits will be revived. Owning to dormant allows hiring a vehicle for shorter commute is becoming difficult for Mumbaikars due to rejection by the drivers.

The state transport section plans to include six-seated taxis in the new batch of taxi permits. This will help in accepting more people or can even work as share a cab thereby transporting two more travelers at one go.

The other pressures for freshly issued permits will be to include GPS tracking, radio frequency recognition device & top pointers, which will help people in identifying if the vehicle can be hired.There are even plans to issue the dead permits by way of lottery draw.

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