If you are one of the people who hesitate to take a cab in Tokyo because you are afraid of the incredible amount of money you might have to pay, you are not alone. The other 10,000 users on www.takutomo.com are letting Sky-Mint find a solution to their dilemma as well.
Young female entrepreneur Kaoru Iwasaki initiated this Internet portal, accessible through cell phones, for office workers who finish too late for the last scheduled trains to search for partners sharing a taxi. At present, it serves as a matching service for taxi drivers and passengers, possibly strangers to one another beforehand. Here is how it works. Registered users, that is the passengers, post their destination, time and place of departure on the website. Other users with similar plans seeing the post could seek to share the same cab. The information will also be e-mailed to all the taxi drivers registered on the same website.
This way, the drivers efficaciously gain their customers, while the passengers obtain their best bargains. The service is totally free as many as four times a month, whereas it costs 1,050 yen (tax included) for further usage.
So next time when you are about to take a late-night taxi home, would it not be terrific to save your money while at the same time save the earth from excessive carbon emission by using TAKUTOMO.com?
TAKUTOMO.com (only in Japanese)
http://www.takutomo.com
written by Charin
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