Land Transportation Department and LINE launch new taxi-booking apps in Bangkok

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Land Transportation Department and LINE launch new taxi-booking apps in Bangkok

By JIRAPAN BOONNOON

THE NATION

 

 

More taxi-booking apps on the way

 

CONSUMERS will soon have more taxi-booking applications to try out when initiatives from the government, the main Bangkok taxi network and a social media service hit the market this year.

 

The Land Transportation Department is handling the government-backed mobile app package.

 

Sanith Phromwong, director general of the department, said it would provide the service under the Taxi OK and Taxi VIP applications from September. Cabs involved in the project will be fitted with information technology equipment and GPS.

 

The Taxi OK and Taxi VIP will enable users to book a taxi via the application. The Taxi OK service provides a ride with the basic standards; Taxi VIP will offer premium services.

 

The department expects that by the end of this year will have around 30,000 taxis installed with the IT device and equipment to support so-called smart taxi services. Sanith said the department aimed to have around 700,000 cabs fitted with the equipment by the end of next year.

 

He said the country has about 100,000 taxis. The department has asked the Thailand Development Research Institute to look into taxi services nationwide; the study will be announced in September.

 

Full story: http://tech.thaivisa.com/land-transportation-department-line-launch-new-taxi-booking-apps-bangkok/23304/

 

-- THAI TECH 2017-08-01