Milan, one experiences the unique number to call taxis: iI test with … – The Republic

The trial of the freephone number common to white cars started: for now covers 50 taxi drivers, which in July will rise to 200. They’re testing the new service of the City run by Fastweb. In September, when it will be fully operational, the system will replace the yellow columns to the parking spaces. The reform of the public service of virtual taxi is in the works for years, it should have started a year ago, but the radio stations began across the TAR. Eventually dawned Palazzo Marino.

Here’s how it will work. The customer can have a car public in three ways: by calling the toll free telephone number (the 02.77.77) where there will be a responder. Or by an application that taxi drivers and customers can download. Third option: the website. The request will be routed to the car that is closest to the customer. How? With a virtual management: in the parking taxis disappear columns (which are often mute, routes, and have high maintenance costs) and in their place have already been installed hotspot network’s public wi-fi, which engage the taxi drivers who will decide to join.

When you are testing the software with fake calls from the operators of Fastweb (who won the race, after a first round desert), but will soon be enrolled via social network of dozens Milan to serve as guinea pigs in experiments. “The service will be operational from September,” the town councilor for Mobility, Pierfrancesco Maran. For customers bid farewell to the columns is promised as a breakthrough, with a toll free number to contact and, if it will work, a network technology and widespread that could bring down the minutes to wait. For taxi drivers, which for now seem to like the novelty, the virtual system can be received via mobile phone real-time information on the distribution of the offer. And it’s free if work could

be a viable alternative to some EUR 300 to be paid each month to power the radio.

In this way the Council can save hundreds of thousands of euro per year in maintenance of the columns, but radio stations do not take kindly to the initiative, because it is their competition. The 69.69 is doing its drivers know that the recording is not allowed, as it is considered as an endorsement to a similar service

Topics :

taxi

Milan

Province of Milan

Starring:

Pierfrancesco Maran