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Uber to replace your car with phone via ‘public transport’

This feature enables Delhi Uber users to be able to use the public transport option that will appear on the app.

Uber to replace your car with phone via ‘public transport’

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi (L) gives a memento to Mangu Singh, managing director of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), in New Delhi on October 22, 2019. (Photo by Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP)

Uber the San Francisco-based ride-hailing major on Tuesday launched its public transport service in Delhi, the ninth city globally and the first in Asia to have the feature.

This feature enables Delhi Uber users to be able to use the public transport option that will appear on the app. Once the users use this option, Uber will show the best three routes for using metro or bus in the city.

Uber, which has tied up with the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) for the new service, will show end-to-end directions from point A to point B.

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“We want to be the operating system of your everyday life,” Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi told reporters here.

“We want to replace your car with your phone”, he also added.

(With input from agencies)

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