{"id":63374,"date":"2016-02-01T09:12:57","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T01:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/uber-driver-service-now-in-ipoh-fourth-city-in-malaysia\/"},"modified":"2016-02-01T09:12:57","modified_gmt":"2016-02-01T01:12:57","slug":"uber-driver-service-now-in-ipoh-fourth-city-in-malaysia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/uber-driver-service-now-in-ipoh-fourth-city-in-malaysia\/","title":{"rendered":"Uber driver service now in Ipoh, fourth city in Malaysia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/paultan.org\/2016\/01\/29\/uber-driver-service-now-in-ipoh-fourth-city-in-malaysia\/uber-ipoh\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-436537\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.paultan.org\/image\/2016\/01\/Uber-Ipoh-630x314.jpg\" alt=\"Uber-Ipoh\" width=\"630\" height=\"314\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-436537\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Uber is now in Ipoh, the fourth city in Malaysia that the private driver app service is operating in. The company, which is <a href=\"http:\/\/paultan.org\/2016\/01\/04\/uber-malaysia-targets-100000-new-drivers-in-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\">fast expanding<\/a> despite <a href=\"http:\/\/paultan.org\/2015\/12\/30\/uber-not-in-competition-with-taxis-says-comms-head\/\" target=\"_blank\">opposition from certain quarters<\/a>, has announced that Uber cars will be available in Perak&#8217;s capital city from February 1 to 28.  <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We know that many of you will be travelling back to your hometowns over this period, and Uber is here to provide you with a smarter mobility option, and alleviate the increased burden of congestion, parking and also reducing the risk of drink driving incidents,&#8221; said Uber in a statement.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/paultan.org\/2016\/01\/29\/uber-driver-service-now-in-ipoh-fourth-city-in-malaysia\/uber-ipoh-fare\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-436536\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s2.paultan.org\/image\/2016\/01\/Uber-Ipoh-Fare-630x191.jpg\" alt=\"Uber-Ipoh-Fare\" width=\"630\" height=\"191\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-436536\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Uber&#8217;s goal is to provide safe, affordable, reliable transportation at the push of a button, everywhere for everyone. This is true not just in the bustling city centre of our nation\u2019s capital, but also in suburban areas and smaller cities which lack a formal public transit infrastructure and which have for decades been underserved by existing transportation options,&#8221; it added.<\/p>\n<p>The fares are listed above. Uber cautions that availability may be limited initially and waits might be longer than usual as the service is just hitting the streets in Ipoh. Take me to Kong Heng, please.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/paultan.org\/2016\/01\/29\/uber-driver-service-now-in-ipoh-fourth-city-in-malaysia\/\">Uber driver service now in Ipoh, fourth city in Malaysia<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/paultan.org\">Paul Tan&#039;s Automotive News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class='yarpp-related-rss'>\n<p>Related posts:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/paultan.org\/2016\/01\/05\/low-income-pregnant-women-to-get-free-24-hour-taxi-service-to-hospitals-in-selangor-and-kl\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Low-income pregnant women to get free 24-hour taxi service to hospitals in Selangor and KL\">Low-income pregnant women to get free 24-hour taxi service to hospitals in Selangor and KL <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/paultan.org\/2015\/12\/30\/school-bus-fares-increase-expected-in-january-2016\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"School bus fares increase expected in January 2016\">School bus fares increase expected in January 2016 <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/paultan.org\/2015\/09\/30\/kl-mrt-line-2-pending-final-approval-from-spad-construction-to-start-in-the-first-quarter-of-2016\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"KL MRT Line 2 &#8211; pending final approval from SPAD, construction to start in the first quarter of 2016\">KL MRT Line 2 &#8211; pending final approval from SPAD, construction to start in the first quarter of 2016 <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/paultan.org\/2015\/09\/11\/free-bus-ride-for-11-schools-in-petaling-jaya-mbpj\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Free bus ride for 11 schools in Petaling Jaya &#8211; MBPJ\">Free bus ride for 11 schools in Petaling Jaya &#8211; MBPJ <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/paultan.org\/2015\/09\/11\/mrt-works-cheras-kajang-expressway-lane-closure\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"MRT works &#8211; Cheras-Kajang Expressway lane closure\">MRT works &#8211; Cheras-Kajang Expressway lane closure <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/paultan.org\/2015\/09\/04\/fewer-rapidkl-lrt-trains-from-sept-14-prasarana\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Fewer RapidKL LRT trains from Sept 14 &#8211; Prasarana\">Fewer RapidKL LRT trains from Sept 14 &#8211; Prasarana <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/paultan.org\/2015\/05\/06\/kl-singapore-high-speed-rail-project-remains-a-go-but-targeted-2020-completion-date-to-be-reassessed\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"KL-Singapore High Speed Rail &#8211; project remains a go, but targeted 2020 completion date to be reassessed\">KL-Singapore High Speed Rail &#8211; project remains a go, but targeted 2020 completion date to be reassessed <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/paultan.org\/2015\/04\/30\/mrt-line-2-construction-set-to-kick-off-in-june-2016\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"MRT Line 2 construction set to kick off in June 2016\">MRT Line 2 construction set to kick off in June 2016 <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/paultan.org\/2015\/04\/29\/ktm-komuter-lrt-services-now-markedly-improved\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"KTM Komuter, LRT services now markedly improved?\">KTM Komuter, LRT services now markedly improved? <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/paultan.org\/2014\/08\/28\/spad-uber-cautious\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"SPAD cautious over Uber issue due to its popularity\">SPAD cautious over Uber issue due to its popularity <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uber is now in Ipoh, the fourth city in Malaysia that the private driver app service is operating in. The company, which is fast expanding despite opposition from certain quarters, has announced that Uber cars will be available in Perak&#8217;s capital city from February 1 to 28. &#8220;We know that many of you will be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5817,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[30,29,26],"class_list":["post-63374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal","tag-auto","tag-paultan","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5817"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63374\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}