how ride sharing service works?

Introduction:

Automobiles are common these days, there’s hardly a day passes without using automobiles. Automobiles being common comfort and timing goes on hand to hand, however heavy traffic with difficulty can make this overcome. To solve this problem there arise a concept of ride shearing which enables multiple passengers to use the same car and cut down on traffic congestions.

Additionally, passengers can enjoy lower fares compared to regular taxi rides as the cost is divided among the riders. Car owners too can recover some of the fuel costs by allowing people to travel with them and getting paid.

So, what is ridesharing? Ridesharing, by definition, is any means of transportation in which multiple people use the same car, truck, van, or vehicle to arrive at a similar destination. Ridesharing can include carpooling and sharing taxis, as well (Ridestr, n.d.).

  Companies like tootle, Pathau, Uber, Lyft and more fall under the umbrella of ride shearing. More specifically these services are real-time, on-demand, peer-to-peer ride shearing. Means the user of the ride shearing can request the transportation in real-time. Once the driver receives the information and location they head to your destination to provide the transportation (Ridestr, n.d.).

Famous ride shearing applications are:

1.      Lyft line

                  This carpool service is a new way to share your rides, helping you save money by riding along with others going on the same route. This service allows drivers to shear passengers heading on the same way on discounted price.

2.      Uber pool

  It’s a carpool service where a customer request for a ride and the nearest driver receives the request and head for the transportation using bash routing.

3.      Pathau:

Pathau works all similar to the Uber using the same algorithm as Uber and Lyft (pathao, n.d.).

4.      Tootle

    Tootle is a ride-sharing app within Kathmandu valley that connects people who are looking for a ride with people who are willing to share their ride in two-wheelers. Tootle app helps you to book the easiest and fastest ride available, avoiding wait time, unlike public transportation (Tootle, n.d.).

5.      Eddy Cabs:

            Eddy Cab is a first taxi service providing agency in Nepal. This agency connects taxi drivers and passengers allowing them to experience a fast, convenient, secure and safe ride. Zero bargaining hassles, security and meter issue in taxi is just a tap away. ... Tap the driver and you have your cab ready at your door (Eddycab, n.d.).

The ride sharing platform:

             People use the ride sharing app to drop the pin onto their location and the registered driver use the integrated GPS service to drive to pick up the customer and drop off to their desired destination (Ridestr, n.d.).

    Ride shearing basically solves the problem in different bus station and different terminals through a public transportation being limited to the certain route making the taxies as similar price to the public transportation being more secure and reliable (Ridestr, n.d.).

Reason to Ride Share

·         Concert and events

·         Drinking and driving

·         Car expenses

·         Local economy

·         Cheaper than taxies

·         Going green

·         Public transportation

·         Restricted areas

·         Always available

How does this web-app works?

• Request. The customer requests a vehicle instantly or on schedule via the app. Those requests are received by drivers nearby.
• Matching. The driver may either accept or reject the ride. If they reject it, the request is sent to another driver.
• Ride. The customer tracks the taxi approach and knows the estimated time of arrival.
• Payment. The cashless way of payment and the price estimated beforehand make this process smoother for both parties.

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How many web-interface/ web-app do we really need?

  The platform consists of two apps one for driver and another for customer and the last one interface as a admin panel to monitor all the process.

Basic features for an interface for a client:

·         Geolocation and routing

·         Payment integration

·         Registration and personal data management

·         Call or text direct to the driver

·         Notification of the available destination

·         Cost estimation for the ride

Advance features:

·         Scheduling a ride

·         Booking a ride for others

·         Splitting fares

                 

 Basic features for an interface for a driver:

·         Driver reports

·         Advance route optimization

·         Personal profile editing

·         Active status

·         Calling to a passenger from app

·         Generating daily/monthly reports of past banking and earnings

Advance features:

·         Driver destinations

·         Free cancellation within a set period of time

Admin web interface:

Admin web interface is to provide the real time monitoring throughout the travel and to provide the needed security to the passenger from the arrival point to the destination.

Revenue model for this application:

   Based on the objective of the application there are different modes of revenue model however, one of the most popular revenue model:

·         Charging fees from drivers

·         Charging fees from passengers