TAXI.RIO

Taxi official application of the City Hall of Rio de Janeiro, for passengers.

The TAXI.RIO is an urban mobility application from City Hall to ensure quality and safety for users of taxi service in Rio de Janeiro.

With TAXI.RIO, today you can apply for a fleet race selected to be 100% up to date with their registration obligations, taking certificates and updated surveys and clean sheet in the judicial organs.

You can use the service in different discount options and availability, according to your convenience. And the amount payable is shown clearly, no hidden fees.

All using the technologies you already know, with the security that only TAXI.RIO can offer as a supervisory body.

Important: In the second version, payment by credit card embedded in the application is already available. For this, the City is also building an unprecedented business model for the public market through a system that will allow the payment of the race for the card reaches the taxi driver without going through the public coffers.

The TAXI.RIO today:

- taxi drivers Registration validated by the Municipal Transport

- coming cars View at time of order

- Select the service by discount range

- Request wait proximity

- View the confirmed order with identification of the driver (photo, model and plate) and estimated time of arrival of the taxi

- taxi route Escort to the place of departure or the place of destination

- Route preview and arrival time to the destination (with real traffic)

- Statement of the amount payable (calculated value, discounts, checkered flag)

- Evaluation of taxi driver

- racing history (on the site)

What's next?

The TAXI.RIO has a continuous evolution of planning, as with most digital services.

In general, here are some of the major developments that are already planned for the TAXI.RIO can become a full service to meet the citizens' needs:

- iOS version

- Communication by message between passenger and driver

- Integrated Payment race in the application ( "voucher")

- Targeting the request to taxis according to the means of payment

- Serving corporate clients

- Race Schedule

- Promotions and bonuses for using the service

- incentives for participation in evaluations

- Race Capture the street (without request by the application)

- Automatic replacement of taxi driver in case of taxi driver dropout confirmed

- Accessibility features according to international standards

- Support multi-languages

- panic button for emergencies: drive of the Rio Operations Center (COR)