Uber has launched Uber Shuttle routes from Vyshneve and Bucha to Kyiv, the company’s press service has reported.
The routes from Vyshneve to Zhytomyrska metro station and vice versa, as well as from Bucha to Akademmistechko metro station and vice versa are available from 07:00 to 21:00 on weekdays.
“Each shuttle ride will have a fixed cost depending on the distance in kilometers: approximately UAH 25 from Vyshneve to Zhytomyrska and UAH 30 on the route from Bucha to Akademmistechko.
“By analyzing the data of Uber Movement, a service that helps solve transport problems, over the past few months we have seen that the suburbs of the Ukrainian capital continue to actively develop, and that the number of people who travel to Kyiv from there is constantly growing. That’s why we decided to expand our network of Uber Shuttle routes to Vyshneve and Bucha,” head of Uber development in Central and Eastern Europe Heorhiy Sokoliansky said.
Uber also launched a new application for Android users, especially for the Uber Shuttle service in Kyiv. This application allows users to view the available shuttle routes, select the desired landing time and reserve a seat for one or more people. The Uber Shuttle application’s users can also go to Google Maps, where a route will be shown to the stop at which the shuttle arrives.
Uber plans to launch the Uber Shuttle pilot project, a servicing to book a seat in a minibus that will drive from one pre-arranged location along a fixed route to another pre-arranged location within the city, in Kyiv in May 2019, the press service of Uber has told Interfax-Ukraine.
This service is also available in Cairo (Egypt) and Monterrey (Mexico).
Uber said that during the pilot project, customers will be able to book a seat in the minibus via the Uber application.
“Uber strives to become a multimodal platform for personal mobile services, giving users access to various modes of transport with the click of a button, so that they can move around the city without need of having their own car. With the pilot launch of Uber Shuttle in Kyiv, we offer the experience of using this service to users here in Ukraine,” the press service said, citing Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Head at Uber Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty.
The company said that the main goal of the pilot project is the use of Uber technology, to offer Ukrainian users another alternative way to travel around the city.
“This pilot project is part of Uber’s mobility strategy available on the platform,” Uber said.
Gore-Coty also said that Ukraine is very important for Uber, and the company will continue investing in the country, promoting new products on the Ukrainian market.
