{"id":2572,"date":"2016-02-24T11:03:29","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T09:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/?p=2572"},"modified":"2016-02-24T11:03:29","modified_gmt":"2016-02-24T09:03:29","slug":"uber-moto-launched-today-bangkok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/2572-uber-moto-launched-today-bangkok","title":{"rendered":"Uber Moto launched today in Bangkok"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You probably all know Uber, this application allowing everyone to become a\u00a0taxi that upset taxi drivers around the world. The company is now targetting moto-taxis\u00a0by launching\u00a0UberMoto And to test this new function,\u00a0Uber chose Thailand where motorcycle taxis are already very present in the habits.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2573\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2573\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2573 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/uber-moto-bangkok-thailand.jpg\" alt=\"uber moto bangkok\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/uber-moto-bangkok-thailand.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/uber-moto-bangkok-thailand-600x401.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/uber-moto-bangkok-thailand-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2573\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Uber Moto was launched today in Bangkok<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In\u00a0Bangkok where\u00a0trafic jam are very frequent, nothing is better to sneak into the trafic than a motobike. This is probably why\u00a0Uber launched today its first motorcycle taxi service called UberMOTO in Bangkok.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Uber&#8217;s objective is to provide a safe, reliable and affordable transportation to a touch of a button, wherever and for all. &#8221; s<\/em>aid Douglas Ma, responsible for the expansion of Uber Asia.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;With UberMOTO, we&#8217;re thrilled to introduce a product that resonates with Thai people and provides another easy and affordable option for short trips around town while creating tens of thousands of flexible work opportunities for Thais.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The service will initially be launched in Sathorn, Silom and Siam. Users will be able to see the new option &#8220;UberMOTO&#8221; when they open their &#8220;old&#8221;\u00a0Uber application.<\/p>\n<p>Once you have applied for a driver and the application\u00a0get you\u00a0one, he will come to\u00a0you with an helmet\u00a0for you. That should encourage motorcycle-taxi drivers to provide more regularly helmets to their clients.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nO48P5wkk_Y\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Uber has also partnered with Thai traffic police to work on\u00a0motorcycle safety , and will make a donation of helmets to young students and adults.<\/p>\n<p>If you are an &#8220;historic&#8221; user of Uber, you can get\u00a0two free rides with\u00a0UberMOTO. Just use the promotion code <em>UberMOTOBKK<\/em>\u00a0 (each trip worth up to THB100, offer to be used before March 15).<\/p>\n<p><strong>And what about\u00a0 UberTukTuk ?<\/strong> Because, let&#8217;s be honest, I am surprised that this service does not exist yet. But it should not be long before it comes alive&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Alternatively, to avoid Bangkok traffic, there is also the BTS Skytrain or MRT subway.<\/p>\n<p>You can find all the practical information to get around\u00a0in the Thai capital city on our page dedicated to <a href=\"\/en\/transportation-thailand\/transportation-in-bangkok.php\"><strong>transportation in Bangkok<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You probably all know Uber, this application allowing everyone to become a\u00a0taxi that upset taxi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-practical-information"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2572\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thailandee.com\/blog\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}