Following news appeared today :
Just like ride-hailing
apps Ola and Uber, private car owners can soon provide carpooling service.
Highlights :
# The draft
guidelines propose to limit the maximum number of rides taken per day to four
# The carpooling concept would be based on no
profit, no loss model and a service
provider will only be able to recover the
input cost
# Carpooling by private vehicle owners will be
allowed only through mobile apps.
# Aggregators will need to ensure that KYC –
or, the process of verifying the identity of a
client – for both the vehicle owner and the
riders is complete
# The vehicle owner will have to declare trip
details before the start of a trip.
# With a massive push to Shared Mobility, the
government aims to decongest roads by
bringing down the huge numbers of cars plying
on road. The move would also reduce
pollution levels.
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Gradual and
grudging because 2 years ago, Transport Ministry was opposed to the car-pooling
idea , as reported under :
Transport
ministry opposes NITI Aayog's plan to let taxi aggregators rope in private cars
The ministry is of the view that commercial vehicles are registered as
such and there is no provision to allow private cars to run as app-based taxis.
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Except that the proposed guidelines , instead of
encouraging car pooling, seems to be designed to kill this idea !
Who – and how – will track /
ensure, 4 rides per day ?
What is the “ INPUT COST “ ( for hundreds of variants
of cars ) and who will decide the same ?
How will Govt decide that car pooling remains “ No
profit “ business ?
And which car owner wants to go through
all the stringent restrictions /
stipulations, for a “ No Profit “ business ?
How will you stop car pooling which is done offline
? Happens even now !
Every ride may have different “ riders “ for each ride
. Is e-KYC possible ?
Declare “ trip details “ BEFORE start of EACH trip ? To whom and how ?
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If the Transport
Ministry is really keen to,
Ø Push shared mobility
Ø Decongest roads
Ø Reduce pollution,
then , it should
seriously consider implementing,
Transport : an
Integrated Logistic Plan ?
But, I get a
feeling that the Transport Ministry is trapped in the King Canute syndrome !
Remembering
King Canute ! [ 17 July 2017
]
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17 Sept
2019
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