Within two years all newly registered cabs will use Line Taxi, Mr Vittoon said, adding that total drivers could hit 70,000. Some 3,000 taxi drivers have already downloaded the app to use on a trial basis, said Vitoon Naewpanit, president of Bangkok Taxi Cooperative Network, Thailand's largest taxi network. "Line will split revenue evenly with taxi drivers, but I believe it will ditch this revenue-sharing model within the first year." Line Man was initiated by a Thai team, and the upcoming Line Taxi service app will also be designed "by Thais for Thais", Mr Ariya said. Line is partnering with the Bangkok Taxi Cooperative Network, which has 60,000 taxi drivers on its platform, accounting for 60% of all registered cabbies in Bangkok.

Source: Bangkok Post August 01, 2017 01:52 UTC