On January 24, on the eve of the Universiade, online passenger transport service InDriver and Almaty City Development Center signed a memorandum of cooperation.
inDriver is an international Internet aggregator of passenger, freight and long-distance traffic. It operates in more than 70 cities in Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Myanmar. The service provides an effective tool for controlling and organizing transportation costs. inDriver was the first service to offer a unique system called «Passenger Assigns the Price Himself.»
The service, which makes the lives of millions of Kazakhstanis more convenient, started working in the country in 2014, quickly becoming the number one application in the transportation sector. In the cultural and sports capital of Kazakhstan inDriver is especially popular - tens of thousands of residents and guests of Almaty use a modern service on the call of cars daily.
The signing of the memorandum and the official presence of inDriver in the Republic of Kazakhstan will strengthen the service's contribution to the country's economy in the form of tax revenues, new jobs, the development of modern services, the promotion of healthy competition and improving the quality of services in the transportation market.
From January 2017, inDriver, in order to meet the best international systems and standards in the field of transportation, taking into account the peculiarities of the Kazakhstan market, provides passenger services on the principle of rental transport with crew. This scheme is similar to that of international services. The modified inDriver transport services model operates in accordance with the rules of the Civil Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan of July 1, 1999 No. 409-1 (Special Part, Article 585-594) and does not apply to taxi and information control services.
At the moment, the service has more than 12,000 proven Kazakhstani drivers offering their services on the basis of chartering the vehicle at affordable prices, which the company is not going to stop. Checking drivers' documents is one of the main areas of work to improve the quality of services and safety. To do this, the service has a full travel history, support for user ratings, the service quality service works. It is also planned to increase seniority, introduce additional documents and certifications. The service's drivers are subject to strict rating requirements, which allows timely identification of shortcomings, as well as deny access to the platform of those drivers and users who pose risks to travel safety. There is also a system of priorities and reviews for drivers - the best orders are received by those who better serve passengers. This effectively affects the growth of service quality.
inDriver promotes the development of small business and, consequently, increases tax revenues to the state budget, as all applicable Kazakhstan taxes and other mandatory payments to the budget, in connection with the work of the inDriver service in Kazakhstan are paid to the fullest. Thus, on the basis of 1 million trips with a conditional average cost of travel of 400 tenge, inDriver will pay taxes to the budget of the Republic of Kazakhstan about 17 million tenge.
In addition to access to intra-urban transportation services, inDriver in Kazakhstan develops long-distance and freight services and food delivery. In addition, inDriver plans to expand the geography of the service to the cities of Kazakhstan.
Thanks to the presence of service in all major settlements of Kazakhstan, active development has received the direction of long-distance transportation, offering the population comfortable and inexpensive trips with fellow travelers.
Almaty, as the largest city in Kazakhstan, is the face of the country on the world stage. International events such as the World Winter Universiade 2017 are held, international companies are working and developing, the city serves as an example for the whole of Kazakhstan to modernize and integrate into the global economy. A striking example of such activity is the support of the city's it-sphere authorities, including innovative start-ups like inDriver. The joint work of the Almaty Development Center with high-tech companies will allow to expand the choice of transport services for the city's residents, as well as, undoubtedly, will contribute to the further development of innovation and the country as a whole.
