Autorickshaw and Taxi Fare in Mumbai

I know there has been a drive by a leading newspaper which is taking to task the autorickshaw drivers who refuse to ply passengers. While getting an autorickshaw in Mumbai can be pretty difficult especially if you have to travel short distances ... however once you get in then unless you are conversant with the fare conversion (the driver has a fare chart - which might not always be realiable!) you are not sure you are being overcharged!

I find this http://rickfare.com/ very useful. Send in the meter details thatyou see and you will know what you actually need to pay for the ride.

Aside: One of my collegaues and i got into a taxi teh other day and asked that we be taken to a certain destination (it was rather a long haul and so the taxi driver was ready to ferry us). We sat and wondered why he was taking time to switch on the meter when he announced that he would charge a fixed fare. Reason - his meter was not working .. he naturally asked for a fare that was 30% more than the actual fare. The meter looked new (elecornic) so we cajoled him to try to switch it on .. after a certain time he did sitch it on and lo the meter was working fine .. we paid him what the meter showed and decided we could use this trick again.

Comments

Apurv said…

Good one Sir. I can suggest a better option Sir if you have a GPRS enabled handset. There is a free application called mIndicator which tells you the fare of taxi and auto for Thane, Mumbai and Navi Mumbai. You can even get to know about BEST buses and train timings.

9:04 PM

Sunil Kumar Kopparapu said…

Thanks Apurva. I am sure your suggested ap will be useful

6:07 PM

Unknown said…

Nice write up.... Sunil! I liked your post very much. I even would like to say that We have to get to know about taxi and autorikshaw fare if we daily travel by such vehicles. Sometimes, it happens that drivers attempt to extract extra money from the passenger. Thank you for sharing this blog with us. Know more about taxi fare.

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