She Taxi in Kerala, Taxi By Women..

She Taxi in Kerala, Taxi By Women..

"SHE Taxi" a 24x7 Taxi service for women and run by women, is all set to be rolled out in (he capital city by the end of November 2013. A first of-its kind initiative in the State. 'She Taxi' will be driven by women exclusively for women passengers. The project, aimed at providing a safe and women-friendly passenger cab system, is being implemented as a programme of the Gender Park. Ko/hikode. under Social Welfare department with the support of city traffic police and transport commissioner.

'She Taxi' service has also an option for arranging safe transportation for IT parks and IT/BPO companies on monthly subscription basis and it will be of great help to women employees working at odd hours.

The Technopark-based Rain Concert Technologies provides technical support for the project.

"As many as 25 "She taxis* will be introduced soon in the city and 100 taxis each will be launched at Kozhikode. Kochi, and Trivandrum later."  project officer, said.

The main safety features of the specially designed vehicles include personal emergency switches for drivers and passengers, emergency alert app on drivers outside the car. map of all emergency Response Systems in the city. 24X7 Security Control Room support, and service of Public Safety Officers where-ever available.