Taxi app pulled for better promotion  

專家：打車軟件限制政策將對(duì)行業(yè)起促進(jìn)作用

為了解決打車難問(wèn)題，從官方到民間都各顯神通。 由于實(shí)用性強(qiáng)且使用方便，打車軟件很快被許多消費(fèi)者接受，裝機(jī)量節(jié)節(jié)攀升。與此同時(shí)，打車軟件中的“加價(jià)叫車”功能也引發(fā)了外界不少質(zhì)疑，更引起主管部門發(fā)難。多地出臺(tái)政策禁止出租車司機(jī)禁止使用打車軟件，在做客中新網(wǎng)視頻訪談時(shí)，中國(guó)道路運(yùn)輸協(xié)會(huì)副會(huì)長(zhǎng)兼秘書長(zhǎng)王麗梅認(rèn)為，這是一個(gè)促進(jìn)，在完善的過(guò)程，并不是全面扼殺打車軟件，而是為了更規(guī)范行業(yè)。而嘀嘀打車軟件創(chuàng)始人程維也表示認(rèn)同，打車軟件的快速發(fā)展引起了有關(guān)部門的重視，規(guī)范這樣的一個(gè)新的行業(yè)是必須的。

(ECNS) -- Both industry experts and taxi app developers agreed in a face-to-face talk that pulling the new taxi e-hailing app was aimed at better promoting the whole industry.

Local government bans of the apps don't mean e-hailing firms were shutting down, said Wang Limei, vice president of the China Road Transport Association, rather, it is aimed at better supervision and regulation. Services provided by the app, including pricing, are not controlled by the government at present, so it is natural for transport authorities to bring the app sector under government supervision, she said.

Cheng Wei, CEO of DiDi Dache, a taxi e-hailing app, said the taxi app sector needs government regulation, and it will face problems as well as cooperation, as a newcomer in the market.

Taxi apps will provide better services after it reaches an agreement with official dispatch centers and is included in the unified platform for taxi booking services, Cheng said.

Shenzhen halted the use of all taxi apps by asking drivers to uninstall the software. Then Shanghai Municipal Transport and Port Authority said that adding premiums for such apps is not acceptable and that drivers who charge premiums by using taxi apps will be severely penalized.