How GPS technology can help for improving Taxi Industry

Nitin Nimbalkar
4 min readJun 17, 2019

Global positioning system (GPS) is an effective automated system for finding a geographical location of the device. It also serves a higher purpose when it comes to on-demand services like a taxi or other transportation business etc. So, the on-demand taxi business is the best example, which uses geo-location the most without which the day of the taxi industry isn’t possible. Thus, the reason behind the success of Taxi booking app depends on its ability to track locations accurately, which is what made ride-hailing easy. Therefore, the location based service is the most crucial factor in the taxi business in this tech driven market.

Why is GPS tracking is important in taxi fleet management?

· Insurance costs reduction.

· Tracking data backup.

· Location tracking.

· Driver’s performance.

· Vehicle performance.

When individual use GPS for everyday purpose, then business managers also taking advantage of fleet GPS tracking’ to optimize the transportation process as a consequence to save money which is essential to track fleet and its common in companies to operates with a fleet of the vehicle such as cars, vans, and trucks. GPS tracking also helps the managers to facilitate and coordinate with multiple transports and its transport-related activities.

Below are the given benefits of GPS in tracking:

Track Your Fleet at Any Time

Since GPS tracking system use satellites to broadcast signals, gather information and then provide it in real time, regardless of any weather condition. It also allow you to know the exact position of each vehicle’ at any time you track your fleet. Despite the fact that the vehicle is running or not whether the car reached the correct address and so on. GPS tracking, together with efficient taxi fleet management software, leads to many vital features in taxi fleet transportation. For instance, dispatchers can have an overview of the running vehicle and can direct, which is closest to the intended address. Therefore, GPS trackers are most beneficial for the hospitals and cab companies which often need to locate the nearest vehicle’ in relations to their customers as well as patients.

Monitor driving speed to minimize the risk of accident

GPS tracker allows’ you to monitor the speed of the running vehicle in your cab booking app, and it also ensures that you should not be driving too fast or to slow. Apart from this, it also help’ you to avoid inefficient fuel consumption and undesired extra fuel cost because the disrespect of speed limits can lead you to fines and accidents in the worst case. That is why vehicle tracking can increase road safety as well as make you save money from fines or penalties.

Track the Performance Time

Transportation companies need exact information in regards to the arrival and departure of the vehicle. So, that it can allow you to efficiently plan and use the workforce optimally, with the help of GPS tracking and customers can be informed in precise terms of when courier services deliver the package at the scheduled site. Therefore, with the help of GPS, taxi companies can quickly inform their customers about the expected time of arrival, where the GPS implementations also ensure the companies for monitoring the exact time.

Prevent From Theft

Geo-location tracking help in reducing insurance cost’ by increasing the security of your taxi, so the vehicle tracking system uses the GPS technology to track the vehicle if in case it gets stolen or lost. So, the companies that invest in a group of taxis’ need protection from thefts. Thus, the system provides the option for remote controls, notification, and alerts if the GPS tracker locates the vehicle outside the planned route.

Data for Analysis and Reports

GPS tracking also allow you to access’ backups of taxi app data of your corporate taxi fleet management like time spent, the number of stops, driven distance, completed tasks and an average speed that can record with the given GPS tracking system. However, with the help of this data, a business can easily do driving optimization, resource planning, and time schedule management, and so on.

Resource optimization

GPS tracking system helps in intensifying transparency between you and your drivers so that you can keep an eye on improbity from the driver. Besides, you can also determine the exact cause of delivery delay. Therefore, it helps in building trust between you and your drivers as there would be no scope for any suspicion.

So, above are the given advantages of using GPS in your taxi fleet management where the benefits depend upon the different devices available in the market.

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Nitin Nimbalkar
Nitin Nimbalkar

Written by Nitin Nimbalkar

Over 17 years of experience into various IT domains, I have developed expertise in developing business strategies and management.

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