Press Release: An app helps taxi drivers to find you

The European Commission announced on the 11 September 2014 than an EU-funded tool called FIWARE has helped develop an app that enables taxi drivers to collect and pool information on the "hot spots" for pick ups, meaning people would have to spend less time waiting for a taxi to arrive. This Smartaxi app is already used by some 400 taxi drivers in Barcelona and Moscow.

FIWARE is part of the EU Public-Private Partnership on the Future Internet and of the EU commitment to help entrepreneurs thrive in Europe via the Startup Europe initiative.

Website: Digital Agenda for Europe: Future Internet Public Private Partnership http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/future-internet-public-private-partnership

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