Two major taxi companies in Indonesia have opened themselves up to cooperation with online taxis. Following Express Taxi's alliance with Uber at the end of 2016, Indonesia's largest taxi operator, Blue Bird, has now formalized its partnership with Go-Car, a transportation service from the Go-Jek company. This means that if a Blue Bird taxi is closer to the user than a Go-Car driver, the user will be picked up by a Blue Bird taxi.
Blue Bird claims to have 23,000 vehicles in its fleet across Indonesia. Meanwhile, Express operates at least 11,000 vehicles. The number of online taxis operating in the Jabodetabek area is approximately 15,000, but only around 1,500 have received permits from the Jakarta Transportation Agency.
Through this collaboration, both startups have the potential to significantly increase their driver partners. Indeed, Uber and Go-Jek could expand their fleets to several cities.
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