Taking a taxi on Tanabata is second only to Spring Festival travel rush Didi, which will invest 23 million driver subsidies to help passengers call a taxi.

　　Beijing, August 6 (Xinhua) The annual Qixi Festival is coming, and the demand for couples to meet and get together with relatives and friends will also surge on the same day; At the same time, high temperature/rainstorm warnings have also sounded in many places in the south, and many passengers will choose to call a car at this time. How to increase the supply of vehicles and balance the supply and demand at the peak of festivals is a big test for public travel.

　　Didi is expected to invest 23 million driver subsidies to help passengers travel on Tanabata.

　　In view of the possible difficulty in taking a taxi on Tanabata, Didi Chuxing issued a Tanabata warning notice today (August 6), indicating that it will invest 23 million driver subsidies to enhance the driver’s willingness to get out of the car and help passengers get a taxi faster.

　　In addition, Didi’s announcement also pointed out that Didi will, according to the needs of passengers in different cities on Tanabata Day (August 7), adjust the incentives for driving in urban hot spots on that day as appropriate to enhance the driver’s willingness to take orders in hot spots; Drivers who leave the car on Tanabata can also learn about the current hot spots of urban orders through the heat map function on Didi Owner’s APP, and go to areas with insufficient transportation capacity to take orders.

　　It is more difficult to take a taxi on Tanabata than it is in the popular shopping district of Spring Festival.

　　Didi mentioned in today’s early warning announcement that the demand for taxis on Didi platform surged last year’s Tanabata (August 17, 2018), and the number of orders issued exceeded 39 million, and the success rate of taxis dropped by 13.3%. The difficulty of taxis was second only to the Spring Festival.

　　In large cities such as Beijing, Hangzhou and Guangzhou, due to the complex urban traffic conditions, passengers may need to spend longer waiting time because of the imbalance between supply and demand. At the same time, in the iconic business district of the city, due to the large number of shops and floating population, with the surge in demand for taxis during festivals, it may become more difficult to take taxis during peak hours.

　　Call Didi at the peak of the festival. Try these methods or get a taxi faster.

　　In addition to informing you of the possible difficulty in taking a taxi, Didi also said that passengers can call a car faster by choosing carpooling and calling at the same time (supporting calling a taxi and a network car at the same time);

　　In addition to calling the network to get a car, passengers who are close to their destination or plan to take short-distance public transportation can also use bike-sharing/motorcycle to get to their destination without deposit by scanning the code. At present, Didi Travel APP supports passengers to ride without deposit by using street rabbits, blue bicycles and green orange bicycles.

　　In addition, when queuing, passengers can also call drivers who are beyond the distance specified by the dispatch form to pick up the driver, and the dispatch fee will be paid to the driver in full.

　　Finally, Didi also called on drivers and passengers to pay attention to the safety of holiday travel. During the peak holiday season, there are many people calling for cars, and the scene of getting on and off the bus is more complicated. Passengers traveling on Tanabata must pay attention to real-time road information, make good use of the security function in the network car terminal, refuse offline transactions, and pay attention to personal and property safety when traveling.