After almost 4 years of suspension, the Dego Ride motorcycle taxi officially returns to the streets of Klang Valley, Putrajaya and Shah Alam on the primary day of the brand new decade with over 700 approved passengers.
Dego Ride was founded by Nabil Feisal Bamadhaj, who can also be the corporate’s CEO, in 2015.
It launched the service in November 2016 and had roughly 5,000 passengers registered with the corporate on the time. After three months of operation and making 20,000 reservations, the motorcycle ride-sharing service was banned by the previous Barisan Nasional government.
Then-Deputy Transport Minister Datuk Abdul Aziz Kaprawi cited the variety of road accidents in 2016 as the explanation why he forced the previous administration to ban the service on safety grounds.
According to Times of latest straits Last yr, Dego Ride announced it could resume services following a proposal by Youth and Sports Minister Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman for Indonesian company Gojek to enter the Malaysian market.
This followed Transport Minister Anthony Loke’s announcement last November that the federal government would allow transport firms to start out transporting motorcycles on a limited scale for six months from January 2020.
Loke said that in this era, shipping firms can be allowed to operate their operations or conduct proof of concept (POC) in Kuala Lumpur to arrange and test their services.
Nabil said Dego Ride will offer an answer to the present first-mile and last-mile disconnect with the closest public transport systems for residents of the Klang Valley, Shah Alam and Putrajaya.
The Star reported that the corporate intends to expand its reach to other regions and states in March, and is currently verifying over 4,000 passenger applications.
However, the newspaper added that Dego Ride is in search of more female passengers because passengers can only serve passengers of their very own gender.
“Under Dego Ride, male and female passengers will serve passengers of their own gender,” Nabil said on the Dego Ride app launch ceremony at its headquarters in Taman Melawati on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, as quoted Times of the Strait.
“We are calling on more women travelers to join us as there is strong demand from women passengers for last-mile connections,” he said.
Currently, only about 100 women have registered and fewer than 50 have been approved.
Meanwhile, Grab has also joined the fight against GrabBike, although the Singaporean company currently only provides motorcycle ride-hailing services within the KLCC, Bukit Bintang, Pudu and Chow Kit areas.
