MANILA, Philippines - Every morning, Policarpio Isla, 64, comes out of his garage wearing his red shirt and driving his white Toyota Avanza to test his luck for the day. However, Policarpio is not a regular driver. On average, he is able to find more passengers and make more money than most taxi drivers in Manila. What is his secret?
He uses a mobile application called Easy Taxi, which allows him to find passengers nearby by using the location/GPS system of his Android smartphone. He says that thanks to this new mobile technology (now available for all taxi drivers in Manila and Cebu), there are days that he can actually make twice as much money than any regular driver.
Easy Taxi co-founder Gustavo Vaz says, “We want to empower drivers, make them more productive during the day, and that’s exactly what the Easy Taxi app does... It offers them instant benefits such as less gas consumption, less travel distance, and an additional channel of income, which at the end of the day allows them to pay their car rent, and take a little extra home.â€
Apart from offering more passengers, Easy Taxi offers drivers daily incentives and even exclusive Easy Taxi Lanes at specific locations across the city.
Easy Taxi is the largest mobile app in the world, offered in 3 continents, 30 countries, and over 160 cities around the globe.