![]() ![]() So they are unsafe for women passengers,” he added. MAKE VISUALS GREAT AGAIN TAXI SIGN DRIVERSLocal police stations have contact details of auto drivers but there is no such information on bike-taxis. White-board vehicles are not saddled with such extra burden. We also have to recalibrate meters, follow rules like yellow-badge, and renew fitness certificates once every two years. We are paying high insurance premium, MV taxes because of yellow-board vehicles. Peace Auto and Taxi Drivers Association’s Raghu Narayana Gowda, who recently led a protest over the issue at Freedom Park, said: “The earnings of auto drivers have reduced due to illegal bike-taxis and Covid-19. On the other hand, autorickshaw drivers said allowing white board two-wheelers to run as bike-taxis is against rules. ![]() It’s cheaper and faster in this traffic” said Ramesh Kumar, a resident of JP Nagar. “When autorickshaws refuse to ply by government fixed fare, cabs are expensive and reliable, bike taxis are more suitable for the city. Many commuters said bike-taxis are the need of the hour. According to the department records, there are 1.04 crore vehicles registered in Bengaluru which includes 69.3 lakh two-wheelers (66.5%) till March 2022. The firms have approached the high court against the rules and the case is still pending. However, the officials said they are unable to take action against Ola and Uber since the licences have expired. While Ola’s licence expired in June 2021, Uber’s expired later in December. In 2016, both Ola and Uber received licences from the department to run taxis in the city for five years under the Karnataka On-Demand Transportation Technology Aggregators Rules. It is still unclear whether action will be initiated against Uber now. In March 2019, the transport department had suspended the licence of Ola for operating bike-taxis and the order was later revoked. On Monday, TOI found bike-taxis available on the Uber app at tariffs cheaper than that of autorickshaws. In 2016, Ola and Uber launched respective bike-taxi services: Ola Bike and Uber Moto but were forced to wind up operations after the transport department took action for running without permission. Another aggregator Rapido has been operating non-electric bike-taxis in the city since 2016. While commuters are elated, autorickshaw drivers are up in arms against the move. BENGALURU: App-based aggregator Uber has relaunched its bike-taxi services (Uber Moto) in the city. ![]()
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