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Uber has always believed in changing the way urban people move around, which is why it has announced a pilot of Uber's bike-sharing product -<keyword id="3259663" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="uberMOTO">uberMOTO</keyword> in Gurgaon, the city that observes a car-free day every Tuesday to help reduce traffic on the roads. Bengaluru was the first Indian city to get the services of uberMOTO. 
 
"UberMOTO works towards the vision of reducing congestion by helping fill every empty seat on the bikes on road. It enables riders to push a button and share a motorbike ride within minutes. It’s a great way for people to save time and money on short trips across town and provides last mile connectivity--especially to and from the metro stations." Said Gagan Bhatia, GM, Uber Delhi. 
 
The project would help cut traffic congestion in Gurgaon by getting people out of their cars when they don’t need to use them, and also by encouraging motorbike drivers to share their rides with fellow passengers. The move has come after the launch of Uber’s carpooling service, which is designed to get more people into fewer cars. 
 
Here’s how UberMOTO would work in the millennium city. 
 
· Choose the uberMOTO option in the Uber app and enter your location and payment method before requesting for a ride. 
· The driver’s details would come to you straight away, including the name, photo and details of the motorbike. 
· Since Gurgaon requires all riders and drivers to wear a helmet, uberMOTO driver will have one helmet ready for you. 
· For your safety, all of Uber’s standard product safety features would be put to use, including GPS tracking, 2-way feedback and the ability to share trip details with family and friends. 
· When the trip ends, share the cost by cash or mobile wallet and get an electronic receipt on mail. 
 
Talking of the prices, uberMOTO starts at Rs 15 + Rs 3 /km + Rs 1/min, with the minimum fare being ₹ 20. 
 
"At Uber our goal is to provide safe, reliable and affordable transportation at the push of a button. uberMOTO will help passengers get to where they want to go more quickly and at a lower price--and with less congestion overtime. We can’t wait to get going!" added Gagan.

Uber launches uberMOTO in Gurgaon

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image">Flickr/Jon RussellAn Uber motorbike.</div></div></div>Uber is launching a motorbike taxi service in Bangkok, the <a href="http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/78f4783a-dab4-11e5-9ba8-3abc1e7247e4.html#axzz40zJQAtHx" target="_blank">Financial Times (FT) reports</a>.The pilot "UberMOTO" service, which launched in the capital of Thailand on Wednesday, marks the first time Uber has transported people from A-to-B on two wheels."UberMOTO" will be available in the existing Uber app as a new service.The base fare is 10THB ($0.30) and 3.5THB ($0.10) per kilometer or 0.85 THB ($0.025) per minute, <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2016/02/23/uber-launches-a-motorbike-taxi-on-demand-service-initially-in-thailand/" target="_blank">according to TechCrunch</a>."Motorcycles are part of the commuting culture in Thailand," said Douglas Ma, Uber's head of Asia expansion. "Uber's goal is to provide safe, affordable, reliable transportation at the push of a button, everywhere for everyone."According to the FT, the launch of "UberMOTO" coincided with lengthy delays on the BTS SkyTrain urban rail service, meaning hordes of morning commuters were forced onto the roads.Uber, founded in San Francisco in 2009, has raised $10 billion (£7.1 billion), which has allowed it to expand aggressively across the world.One of the company's key target areas is Asia, which has an abundance of densely populated cities that Uber wants to operate in.The new motorbike taxi service comes a week after Uber CEO Travis Kalanick said Uber was <a href="http://uk.businessinsider.com/r-uber-says-it-losing-1-billion-a-year-to-compete-in-china-2016-2?utm_source=feedburner&amp;%3Butm_medium=referral&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20businessinsider%20(Business%20Insider)%3Fr%3DUS&amp;IR=T" target="_blank">losing $1 billion (£715 million) a year in China</a>, where well-funded rivals like Didi Kuaidi and Southeast Asia-focused GrabTaxi provide tough competition. GrabTaxi launched its own motorbike service in Bangkok in 2015. <div class="margin-top"> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/samsung-galaxy-s7-water-resistance-iphone-2016-2">The one Samsung Galaxy S7 feature that blows the iPhone out of the water</a></h3> <div> <div> <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="ttcGgzMTE6vwk-t5kFddhoVk44Flz6PY" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div> </div> </div> </div>

Uber has launched a motorbike taxi service called 'UberMOTO' in Bangkok

New Delhi, Jan 24 () Uber has introduced the in-app tipping in India to help its driver-partners increase their earnings from the platform, a feature that the ride-hailing platform had introduced in the US over two years ago.
 According to sources, the US-based ride hailing platform started piloting the feature in India in Mumbai two months ago and has now rolled out across more than 50 cities.
 The feature - currently available to riders paying through Paytm wallet - will be available for rides taken in cabs, autos and bikes (UberMoto) on the platform, they added.
 One of the persons said during the pilot phase, it was found that riders had tipped Rs 25 on an average.
 When contacted, Uber India South Asia head of city operations Prabhjeet Singh said: "Driver partners are at the heart of everything we do at Uber and we are always looking for opportunities to showcase both respect and greater appreciation for them".
 "Every year riders in India reward hundreds of thousands of driver partners with 5-star ratings. Uber's new tipping feature now enables them to also say thanks to driver partners who deliver exceptional service," he said in an e-mailed statement.
 After the completion of a ride, passengers paying through Paytm wallet are given the option to tip the driver-partner. The four options shown are Rs 25, 50, 100 and 'enter custom amount'.
 Driver-partners keep 100 per cent of the tips for rides. Riders can go back to previous trips on the app to add a tip.
 Ride-hailing platforms like Uber and Ola charge the driver-partner a commission on the trip fare, while offering certain incentives to drive for the platform. There have been reports of driver-partners quitting these platforms as incentives have dwindled over time.
 Uber and its rival, Ola have pumped in millions of dollars into marketing and promotions, offering incentives for driver partners as well as subsidising trips for riders. SR SHW
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Uber brings tipping feature for driver-partners in India

<ul><li>Uber asked the Delhi government to allow them to use 5,000 bike-taxis during the odd-even scheme. </li><li>As of now, regulations do not allow bike-taxis to operate in Delhi. </li><li>The company also proposed to re-deploy 2,500 bikes from its food delivery network (UberEats) to work as bike-taxis. </li></ul> US-based ride hailing platform Uber has made a submission to the Delhi government offering use of 5,000 bike-taxis to improve first and last mile connectivity during the odd-even scheme to be implemented next month, according to sources. Currently, regulations do not allow bike-taxis to operate in Delhi. According to sources, Uber has made the submission to the Delhi government proposing to deploy 5,000 bike-taxis to help ferry one lakh commuters to and from Metro stations every week. The service is proposed to be offered for a fee of Rs 5 per ride, they added. The company, which competes with Bengaluru-based Ola, has also proposed to re-deploy 2,500 bikes from its food delivery network (UberEats) to work as bike-taxis during the odd-even scheme that will be implemented from November 4-15. Uber did not respond to e-mailed queries on the matter. A Delhi government official said a proposal was received from the cab aggregator but no decision has been taken on it as yet. One of the persons aware of the development said bike-sharing provides a huge opportunity to unlock the potential of shared mobility through optimal utilisation of existing vehicles on the road. The person said Uber, in its submission, has cited data that one out of two UberMOTO trips in Gurugram began or ended at a Metro station, while one in four such trips in Noida began or ended near a Metro station. The odd-even scheme has been proposed as part of a slew of measures to combat high level of air pollution in Delhi caused due to stubble burning in neighbouring states during winters. During the 12-day scheme, vehicles will ply alternately on odd and even dates as per their registration numbers. In the previous two experiments in January and April in 2016, a fine of Rs 2,000 was imposed on violators of the rule. In the past, two-wheelers and female commuters were exempted from the rule.

Uber wants to run bike taxis to go with Delhi's odd-even scheme

New Delhi, Apr 2 () Ride-hailing platform Uber will now deliver household essentials to customers and has partnered with bigbasket for the service amid the ongoing countrywide lockdown.Uber, which is in discussions with other supermarkets and pharmacies for offering similar delivery services, said two-wheelers (UberMoto) and four-wheelers (UberGo and UberXL) and network of driver-partners will help support delivery of essential supplies safely to consumers' doorsteps."This last-mile delivery service provides multiple wins. It supports authorities in containing COVID-19, delivers essential supplies in a timely manner to customers and creates earning opportunities for drivers. We will not charge any commission for our efforts," Uber India and South Asia Director-Operations and Head of Cities Prabhjeet Singh told .He added that the partnership with grocery delivery platform bigbasket is the first in this direction.With the implementation of the 21-day lockdown, the government has allowed only people in essential services like healthcare, banking and media to commute. With no cabs being allowed to ply, driver-partners of ride-hailing apps have been left with no source of income.Uber said its association with bigbasket will comply with all hygiene and traffic regulations. The new service will enable bigbasket to serve customers in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chandigarh and Noida. The e-passes required by the delivery partners as well as their training will be handled by bigbasket."The ongoing pan-India lockdown has led to a disruption in the supply of essential goods, primarily led by a shortage of personnel and delivery vehicles. We are very happy to partner with Uber India for this initiative and we will be utilising a portion of their huge fleet of cars, bikes as well as personnel to help with our deliveries to fulfill customer orders," bigbasket National Process Head-Last Mile Lalita Aggarwal said.All drivers associated with this service have been provided masks, gloves, sanitisers, and specialised safety training.E-commerce companies have been struggling to deliver orders after the 21-day lockdown to contain the spread of the deadly coronavirus came into effect from March 25. Even though the government allowed delivery of essential goods including food, pharmaceuticals and medical equipment through e-commerce platform, players have complained of their delivery staff being hassled by police.With local authorities shutting down warehouses and stopping trucks from crossing state borders, e-commerce players have seen their operations getting disrupted. Another challenge facing the industry is the availability of limited staff for warehouses and logistics.While these companies have gradually resumed services across various cities they operate in, it will still be a few days before they can clear the pending orders, according to industry watchers. Many of these firms have even stopped taking fresh orders to clear the pending orders. SR ANU

Uber to deliver household essentials to consumers, ties up with bigbasket

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image">Mahesh Kumar A./AP ImagesDec 2016 - Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, poses during the launch of its bike-sharing product, uberMOTO, in Hyderabad, India.</div></div></div><ul><li>Former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick is becoming the CEO of City Storage Systems.</li><li>The company takes disused spaces like car parks and abandoned shopping malls and helps businesses make use of them.</li><li>The company has projects to create kitchens for food delivery and also warehouse space for online retail companies.</li></ul> Uber founder Travis Kalanick<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/former-uber-ceo-travis-kalanick-is-back-as-ceo-of-city-storage-systems-2018-3"> announced on Tuesday that he had agreed to become the CEO of a small, relatively new US startup</a> which aims to take abandoned and disused spaces and turn them into kitchens and retail locations.<a href="https://www.recode.net/2018/3/20/17145032/travis-kalanick-uber-new-job-ceo-real-estate-startup-city-storage-systems">Recode reports that City Storage Systems is working on multiple projects</a> to transform underused spaces. It said that the company takes spaces such as parking lots and abandoned industrial units, and turns them into spaces that could work as food delivery kitchens or warehouse space for online retail companies.The company isn't anywhere near as big as Uber. In fact, <a href="https://twitter.com/travisk/status/976216648834195457">Kalanick said it's currently a 15-person team</a>. The parent company doesn't have a website, either. If you Google its name, the first business you find is an Indian manufacturer of storage racks.But one part of the company does have a website that explains how it works. <a href="https://www.cloudkitchens.com/">CloudKitchens is the company's project to help restaurants build kitchens dedicated to food delivery</a>.It's the same concept as <a href="http://uk.businessinsider.com/deliveroo-editions-pop-up-restaurants-roobox-2017-4">UK-headquartered food delivery company Deliveroo's Deliveroo Editions project</a>, which uses temporary structures in car parks to house small kitchens that make delivery-only food.<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image">Business Insider/James CookA Deliveroo Editions site in London.</div></div></div>The thinking behind CloudKitchens is that restaurants can use it to cheaply add food delivery to their business, or to scale up that side of the company away from their in-house kitchens.Kalanick joining City Storage Systems means he'll now be partners with Uber, the company he founded and grew. <a href="https://twitter.com/dkhos/status/976299247334178816">Uber's new CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi, said on Twitter on Tuesday</a> that its food delivery division UberEATS had partnered with CloudKitchens.<h2>Kalanick set up a VC firm, bought a controlling stake, and became the company's CEO</h2>The way that Kalanick ended up at City Storage Systems is pretty bizarre. <a href="https://twitter.com/travisk/status/971523241633370112">On March 7, Kalanick announced</a> that he was launching a new venture capital fund that would invest in job creation and companies that worked in real estate and e-commerce.On Tuesday, Kalanick announced that he was investing $150 million (£106 million) into City Storage Systems and had acquired a controlling stake in it. In the same statement, he said he would become the startup's CEO.<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/travis-kalanick-uber-takedown-untold-story-2018-3">Kalanick left Uber in June following months of controversy</a> over alleged sexism, a looming legal fight with Google's self-driving car division Waymo, and an explosive blog post by former employee Susan Fowler in which she described a dysfunctional workplace culture. <div class="margin-top"> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/conspiracy-theories-signal-a-big-problem-for-youtube-and-facebook-2018-3">YouTube and Facebook have a serious problem with 'promoted' conspiracies about the Parkland shooting</a></h3> <div> </div> </div>

Uber founder Travis Kalanick's new company turns parking lots and abandoned shopping malls into space for businesses

<keyword id="1042120" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Uber">Uber</keyword> and <keyword id="6354720" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Ola">Ola</keyword>’s ambitious plans to launch their respective <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=bike+taxi">bike-taxi services</a> have come to a halt as the Karnataka government said there are no rules on how to govern them. 
 
This doesn’t mean that the bike-taxi services have been banned. They have been halted till the time the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=karnataka+government">Karnataka government</a> formulates a set of regulations under the Motor Vehicles Act on how to govern them. 
 Till now, as per the transport department officials said the <keyword id="3273948" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="bike-taxi-services">bike taxi services</keyword> launched by <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Welcome-UberMoto-to-Bengaluru-a-brand-new-bike-taxi-service/articleshow/51236151.cms">Uber</a> and <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Ola-hits-at-Uber-with-cheaper-bike-taxis-in-Bengaluru/articleshow/51239417.cms">Ola</a> in Bengaluru last week, remain unlawful. 
 
"Let them (Uber, Ola etc) first go before the Regional Transport Authority stating that they wish to run bike taxis. They will examine the request, and take things forward," transport commissioner Rame Gowda told ET, adding, "We cannot allow a white-board registration bike to offer taxi services. We will have to deal with many aspects including the security of users.” 
 
Uber and Ola had taken advantage of no rules listed under the bike taxi services and launched the same in the IT hub. 
 
In Karnataka, a bike is registered for personal use. If the owner of a bike wishes to use it for commercial purposes, then he or she cannot do that without first changing the vehicle to transport category. 
 
However, in Goa, there is a provision for bike taxi services and they charge a minimum fare Rs 10 and a per kilometre fare of Rs 3. 
 
Meanwhile, as per few reports, some Uber and Ola bike taxis were seized also for illegally running in <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=bengaluru">Bengaluru</a>. 
 
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Newly launched bike taxi services by Uber, Ola are unlawful until new regulations formulated

<keyword id="1042120" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Uber">Uber</keyword> has launched three new app features in India namely offline search, request for a guest and call to ride. The company has also launched a new mobile website for the country.(Disclosure: Uber and Business Insider both are strategic partners with Times Bridge) Currently, Uber's biggest competitor in the country, <keyword id="6354720" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Ola">Ola</keyword> has only one of the new features namely the mobile website. Ola also has a SMS to book service for offline customers but these features are unique to Uber. Ola started as a Call to book service with a call centre but now only takes online bookings. Uber doesn't have a call centre in India and this call-to-ride service will be using <keyword id="143885" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="interactive-voice-response">Interactive Voice Response</keyword> technology for now. <keyword id="218452" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Manik-Gupta">Manik Gupta</keyword>, Head of Product, Marketplace and Maps for Uber told Business Insider, “All the features announced today are specific to India and have been launched here first, but have global applicability. These features tackle basic issues across the spectrum pertaining to network connectivity. These are a contribution towards building solutions for those who don’t have access to the Uber app and enabling our existing rider app to work better in emerging markets.” In India, Uber has over 150 engineers and product employees in Bangalore and the Hyderabad engineering facility working on innovations and localizations for markets around the world. Gupta said mentioned how a lot of them are working towards increasing the efficiency of the maps on the Uber platform. As Uber works towards becoming more inclusive for India, other forms of transportation except cars also comes into focus. UberMOTO has been increasingly accepted as a form of transport even as UberEATS in six cities uses two-wheelers for its delivery service. Uber has experimented with autos in the past but Gupta says that the company experiments with different modes of transport to figure out what works best. “Our mission is to make traffic a thing of the past. How we do it keeps changing whether it’s through two-wheelers or now UberPOOL. Our work is complimentary in the sense that how we build public transit while solving for last mile connectivity.” Gupta also mentioned how these new features with improve the biggest issue with taxi services- improving the <keyword id="4356418" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="estimated-time-of-arrival">Estimated Time of Arrival</keyword> and pick-up and drop locations. Here are the new features: 1) M.uber.com: The light web-based version of Uber will be helpful for riders who have basic smartphones, that can support web browsing but cannot support mobile apps due to limited storage space, or want to book a ride from a tablet or computer. How it works: ○Open your browser, enter m.uber.com, browse the app and available options, sign into your Uber account when ready to book ○Enter your destination, select your product as you normally would and confirm your ride. 
	
	
	
	
	
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 2) Call to ride: Uber is piloting a phone number, currently just in Pune that riders can call to book an Uber across popular zones. This will be particularly useful for riders who only have a feature phone, areas with limited network or those who use a smartphone but have limited memory capacity. How it works: ●Riders will call single nationwide phone number and enter a numeric code displayed on signage to help Uber identify their location. ●Once the ride is confirmed, the rider will also be sent a text message with information on the car and driver partner. ●An Uber will arrive at the exact location. 3) Offline search: Uber is enabling offline search by caching the top points of interest in the city so that riders can enter their destinations in the app without having to wait for a working internet connection. How it works: ●The feature will automatically work if the app detects limited networks. 
	
	
	
	
	
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 4) Request for a Guest: Riders will now be able to book an Uber for another person from from their Uber app no matter where the rider or guest is located. Their guest does not need a smartphone or the Uber app in order to ride. How it works: ●To use this feature, the person requesting the ride for a guest can simply tap “Where to?” as they normally would, then choose who is riding above their pickup location. ●The rider will receive trip information in an SMS text message -- including <keyword id="119058" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="ETA">ETA</keyword>, car type, and driver contact information, enabling them to coordinate with the driver directly. ●The driver will see the rider’s name, and be able to contact that person, through a masked number, for privacy. ●The ride will be charged to the requestor’s card on file unless the requestor selects cash as the payment. Rollout of this feature begins in the next few weeks. 
	
	
	
	
	
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