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What is OlaCabs?

Posted by: RideGuru Team 6 years, 5 months ago

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What is Ola?

OlaCabs, more commonly referred to as "Ola", is an Indian-based rideshare company founded in Mumbai, but now based in Bangalore. OlaCabs was founded back in 2010, and now operates over 600,000 vehicles in 110 cities. Ola cars, like Uber cars, can be hailed via a mobile application. Ola uses their own custom-built technology to connect passengers to drivers. 

Right now, there are over 125 million Ola users and more than a million drivers in its home country of India. 

Similar to Uber and Lyft, Ola has many different services available for consumers to take, ranging from …

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Ola Services and Vehicle Types

Posted by: RideGuru Team in Rider Community 6 years, 5 months ago

Ola, is an online, on-demand car service throughout India and Australia. Ola provides riders with a variety of car services, ranging from their ultra-affordable Ola Micro service to their luxury business class options, Ola Prime and Ola Lux. Scroll below to see a complete list of Ola Car Service options.

  

Ola Auto

Ola's rickshaw service.

 Economy Rickshaw
  4 passengers





Ola Bike

Ola's Motorbike option. Reduce your travel time by up to 50%!

 Motorbike
  1 passenger





Ola Exec

Ola’s business class service. Also called Ola Prime Exec.

 Luxury Sedan
  4 passengers





Ola Lux

Ola's luxury service. Top of the line luxury …

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Uber Competing with Restaurants for Workers

Posted by: RideGuru Team in Rideshare Knowledge 6 years, 5 months ago

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It is no surprise that the existence of rideshare companies like Uber and Lyft have completely changed the landscape for transportation and what is now referred to as the “demand-economy”. This is categorized by companies like Uber and AirBnb who have changed the way consumers use products and services.

Rideshare companies have already started to impact how public transportation is used in many cities, especially with their sights set on creating new innovations like self-driving cars. It also goes without saying that Uber and Lyft have decreased the use of taxis, which over the past few years, has …

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Rideshare/Taxi Surcharge to Fund MTA Improvements

Posted by: RideGuru Team in Rideshare Knowledge 6 years, 5 months ago

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Many New Yorkers are talking about the changes happening next year that will impact all taxis, for-hire vehicles, and pooled rides. Governor Andrew Cuomo introduced a surcharge for all of these services that is part of a greater plan to help fund improvements to the MTA. The expectation is that these efforts will help decrease traffic congestion, while at the same time encouraging people to use public transportation instead of alternatives.

The surcharge will be a $2.75 fee added to all standard rideshare vehicles, $2.50 for yellow/green taxis, and $.75 for pooled rides like UberPool and LyftLine. The changes will …

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How to Sign Up and Order an Uber Car

Posted by: RideGuru Team in Rideshare Knowledge 6 years, 5 months ago

Can't sign into your Uber account? Need help signing up for Uber for the first time? We outlined all the steps you need to take in order to create an account and take your first ride! Most ridehail companies have a similar sign up procedure.

Download the Uber app from the app store.

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Uber is available for download on: iPhone (iOS 7 or newer), Android (Jelly Bean or newer), BlackBerry (BB OS 7 only), Windows Phone 8.

Create an account.

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Once you have downloaded the Uber app, you will be asked to create an account. Enter your name, email address, …

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