What is a taxi "SheTaxis" that can name a female driver?

ByConnie Arida

With the spread of smartphones,UberAs a further option, a taxi service that allows you to designate a "female driver" will appear in New York.

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An American taxi is a yellow car bodyYellow cabAlthough it is famous, it is also possible to use the green "green cab" in the area where the taxi is small and the "rebary cab" with the black paint. These taxis can only be called by tapping on the smartphone app, but New York andWest Chester CountyWith a taxi service for new ladies, you can designate a female driver "SheTaxis/SheRides"Will start.

SheTaxis / SheRides can only be used by female customers, and by calling a female taxi driver near the user from an application that is coming soon, it will be possible to use a taxi that a woman can drive anytime. There will never be a male driver dispatched, as the driver has the characteristic of a hot pink scarf on his neck as a mark and a taxi with a pink stripe in the black body, wrongly different There is no danger of getting on a taxi. Applications are required to use SheTaxis / SheRides, the service was not yet available because the iOS version and Android version was scheduled to be offered from 16th September 2014 (local time), but it was postponed .


51-year-old Gretchen Britt, who uses a taxi three or four times a month, is evaluating SheTaxis / SheRides's system, "A wonderful idea that women can safely and comfortably use taxis." Approximately 60,000 green cabs, live cabs, limousines and luxury sedans are present in New York City, of which about 3000 female drivers are present, at a rate of only 5%. The proportion of female drivers in Yellow Cab is even as low as 1%, and it is only 574 among about 50,000 people.

ByJim Pennucci

In the taxi industry with many men, the minority female drivers often receive discrimination, but since SheTaxis / SheRides has a system that can efficiently work on female drivers, It is expected to lead to improvement of the position of female drivers. In addition, while taxi robbery is still under way, there is also the advantage that female drivers can do work without putting male customers who do not have the best.

Even from the passenger side, it is hard to say that American taxis are safer than Japanese ones, and it is said that it is dangerous to take a taxi by one woman in the middle of the night. Lizet Colon, who frequently uses a taxi on the weekend's evening, seems to be prepared for a moment's time by taking a driver's license certificate with a cell phone camera when sending a male driver's taxi and sending it to a friend .

ByJohn Garghan

In this way SheTaxis / SheRides is a service that will benefit both female drivers and female customers, and we already employ six female drivers and are recruiting 50 more women drivers. Although the application is not released so far, it is scheduled to be delivered soon, so if you have the opportunity to go to New York alone for women, try using SheTaxis / SheRides.