On July 12, Shenzhen’s patrol network integration platform "Shenzhen Rental" recently launched the "Good Route" function, providing taxi drivers with higher predicted income route navigation. According to the recommended route, drivers can quickly connect to the service network to book orders and cruise orders, reducing the empty rate of taxis. It is estimated that using the "Good Route" recommended order route can reduce empty driving by up to 25 minutes per day.

　　"Good Route" is an innovative feature developed by Autonavi Map for the taxi industry. Unlike traditional online booking routes, "Good Route" integrates the predicted order volume of online booking orders and recruitment orders. Based on the navigation ability of Autonavi map, it provides the taxi industry with the navigation ability of the optimal order route and improves the operation efficiency of the taxi industry. While increasing the income for drivers, it further unleashes the service advantage of car rental waving and stopping, and enhances the service ability of the industry. This function was first launched in Shenzhen, making "Shenzhen Rental" the first network integration platform in the country that uses digital technology to serve both online and offline taxi demand.

　　At present, with the increasing popularity of mobile phone hailing, the taxi industry has gradually built online service entrances to achieve network reduction. However, taxis carry the function of urban public services, and the service characteristics of beckoning and stopping are still irreplaceable. Han Biao, director of the China Institute of Transportation Economics at Shenzhen University, believes that if the cruise car is only "online" but not "patrol", and the demand for disadvantaged group travel cannot be met, it will reduce the social auxiliary force of the cruise car. Good network integration should take into account the travel needs of online car-hailing and roadside recruitment.

　　As the country’s first pilot city for taxi "patrol network integration", Shenzhen continues to upgrade the service capabilities of the taxi industry. In 2020, under the guidance of the Shenzhen Municipal Transportation Bureau, the Shenzhen Taxi Association and Autonavi Taxi jointly created the official platform for patrol network integration "Shenzhen Rental", which has served more than 22 million passengers.

　　Zheng Yongzhi, executive vice president and secretary general of Shenzhen Taxi Association, introduced that since May 2020, when it was connected to the Autonavi platform, the digital transformation of Shenzhen’s taxi industry has been fruitful. Nearly 40,000 cruise taxi drivers have settled in "Shenzhen Rental", achieving 100% online. Online orders have increased drivers’ income and injected new impetus into the integrated development of Shenzhen cruise taxis. (Source: Shenzhen Business Daily)