While the company Uber, which helps users with mobility in major cities through an application, is avoiding lawsuits and bans (Germany, Italy) because it represents unfair competition to transport services, the Americans offered Turkish users in Istanbul the UberBOAT service, which provides an alternative transport for crossing the Bosporus sea strait. Instead of driving across a bridge or ferry, people can choose to travel by motorboat or speedboat.
UberBOAT it is Uber for transport by motor boats. A service that is not the first of its kind (Boston), but the first version water taxis, which will operate permanently, is currently only available in Istanbul, where users can use it to cross Bosphorus Straits, which separates the European and Asian continents. Unlike Uber, where we ride in a car owned by an individual, it will be for transportation by speedboats concerned company Navette.
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For the price from 15 to 150 euros will transport at the same time from six to eight people. Although the price is salty compared to the cost of a classic crossing (over a bridge or by ferry), the authors are optimistic, betting on speed and comfort crossing.
But water transport is not the only one an alternative, offered by Uber. In some places in India you can rent like this transportation by motorized rickshaw.
More information:
newsroom.uber.com
