Logistics Solutions
Taxi and transportation application development
Active Bridge team has strong industry expertise in developing fully-functional cross-platform logistics, food delivery applications, and taxi booking applications with route optimization, real-time fleet management, and advanced administrative features.
The key to the success of all applications with booking features is their simplicity. We have experience in developing app features, modules, and UI/UX design to book a taxi or order food. Our remote developers design and develop online booking solutions that are fast and easy to use, ready for further scaling and ensure high data security.
How we can help with taxi booking and transportation app development
Full-Cycle Assistance:
We provide comprehensive support for transportation project development, including cloud hosting, UX/UI design, app development, quality assurance, technical delivery, security compliance, maintenance, and ongoing support.
Rapid Development:
Utilizing agile methodologies, we expedite development of MVPs, enabling swift market entry and subsequent transformation into robust, scalable, and reliable applications.
Cross-Platform Solutions:
Our custom taxi and transportation app development ensures compliance with industry and market regulations, delivering seamless experiences across multiple platforms.
Expertise
Food Delivery App Development
We design intuitive UI/UX for cross-platform food delivery applications, providing couriers and administrators with comprehensive functionalities for order and customer management. Our solutions include dedicated apps for customers, restaurant administratorMapping and Logistics Solutions: 'We create custom supply chain management applications, covering every step from inventory management to order fulfillment. Our applications are enhanced with accurate mapping, advanced navigation features, and GPS capabilities to optimize logistics operations.'s, and delivery agents.
Taxi Booking App Development
Our dedicated development teams offer a personalized approach for every taxi business, from requirement gathering to the taxi company app launch. We build entirely customized and tested taxi booking solutions that are fast and easy to use, are ready for further scaling, and ensure high data security.
Mapping and Logistics Solutions
We create custom supply chain management applications, covering every step from inventory management to order fulfillment. Our applications are enhanced with accurate mapping, advanced navigation features, and GPS capabilities to optimize logistics operations.
Case Study
- Contract type: dedicated development team
- Team size: 6
- Period of collaboration: 2017 - 2020
- Client’s location: Ukraine
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About the client:
Electrotaxi company, CabLook Taxi, initiated the project aiming to contribute to the improvement of a local on-demand transportation system. The product is a complete web and mobile-based solution covering all the modern features passengers, drivers, and managers need. -
Challenge:
The local transportation market required a taxi service that not only embraced technological innovation but also emphasized eco-conscious business practices. CabLook Taxi identified the need for a modern, cross-platform taxi application to meet these demands.
The primary goals included:- Secure Booking: enabling individual and carpooling rides for passengers.
- Cross-Platform Accessibility: creating user-friendly applications for both drivers and passengers.
- Expansion Features: planning add-ons such as food delivery, corporate travel, and shuttle services to broaden the service offerings.
- Management System: developing a robust, web-based platform to manage operations efficiently.
The challenge was to combine these features into a scalable, user-friendly solution that aligned with the company’s eco-conscious values and appealed to a tech-savvy audience. -
Technologies:
Ruby on Rails / PostgreSQL / React Native / IOS / Android
Solutions
Passenger App
Part of our taxi booking app development services was designing and building an on-demand passenger app with all the key features and an intuitive UI to make seamless cab bookings.We are concerned about full data security development and testing to meet GDPR compliance standards.
Features
Easy registration
Sign in via SMS, by submitting your mobile number.
- Profile settings
- Mobile number verification
- Payment cards validation
Quick booking system
Users can pick from the saved ride options, choose a destination, get fare estimates, ETA and book a ride in a few taps.
- Start and end location pins
- Planing a ride with several locations
- Scheduling of a ride for a specific date and time
- Possibility to observe all the taxi cabs on the map in real-time
- Checking the price for a ride beforehand
- Easy trip cancellations with applicable charges
- View all past trip requests and ability to repeat the trips
Real-time cab tracking
Users are able to track the driver’s movement in real-time on a map, get alerts when their cab is found when the car arrives, and when the ride ends via push notifications.
- Real-time cab location tracking
- Cab arrival tracker and push notifications
- Other timely app-related updates via push notifications
- Contact the driver via cell option
Application Security
The app’s security includes application hardening to obscure code, network security, server protection from cyber-attacks, two-factor authentication, and implementation of PCI DSS requirements.
Cross-platform apps for drivers
Drivers as taxi company employees can receive and accept ride requests from the users through the taxi driver app, edit further trips or help users to edit a current trip.
Features
Easy registration and verification process
Driver registration is similar to user registration. The verification process of a driver is done from the administrator side of things (license, vehicle insurance, etc). Current car status informs as to the availability of a driver.
- Drivers can add the necessary details and request a signup
- Driver’s profile management
Processing real-time request
Drivers get the app with a simple interface to receive trip orders to accept or deny, including information regarding passengers’ location, route, and travel history.
- Drivers can mark themselves online or offline
- Drivers get notified of new requests with pickup details
- Drivers get push notifications about trip changes and completion
- Intuitive interface to accept rides in the limited time frame
Trip management and built-in navigation
Drivers are notified about the user’s trip details and get built-in navigation to make a flawless trip route using MapBox.
- Getting details about their customer for a seamless pickup and drop
- The ability for a driver to select a ride with a preferred destination
- Built-in navigation with MapBox
- Tracking additional taxi services requests: bulk luggage, baby seat, pet carrier, etc.
- Ability to call passengers for any clarification on pickup location or scheduled trips
- Status confirmation of arriving, starting and ending a trip to get automated bills
Admin panel. Management tool.
A central management tool for managers and taxi business owners. Using browser-based admin platform managers can track and run all aspects of the taxi booking operations.
Features
Employee Management
Admins can check and approve requests for new driver signups and add new drivers manually when required.
- Adding drivers, reviewing signup requests, setting commission rates
- Viewing and tracking real-time fleet availability and current location on a map
- Adding vehicles information, sorting it with management filters
Clients management
Managers have the opportunity to track new and return users, view their ride history and feedback.
- Tracking all registered users on cross-platform taxi app and managing their details
- Admins can create new bookings for some purposes and use auto-assignment
- Adding and managing bonuses that will show in the app
Payment processing
Managers and admins have the opportunity to set up billing processes for employees, also track detailed trip history and keep transaction records
- Admins can manage rate/unit distance, base fare and waiting and cancellation charges
- Admin can process payments to refund money to passengers
- Setting up country and currency from the admin panel
In case you don’t know where to start your project, you can get in touch with our CTO.
We’ll set up a quick call to discuss how to make your project work.