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Smart Mobility — Safer Shared Rides

Smart Mobility Safer & Smarter Shared Rides Founder / Mobility Systems Designer 2015 — present Executive Summary Smart Mobility is a long-term mobility project focused on redesigning how shared rides actually work — economically, socially, and safely . The project is based on a simple observation: most ride-pooling solutions failed not because of technology, but because they ignored human behavior, driver economics, and trust . Smart Mobility proposes a different approach — one that aligns passenger comfort, driver incentives, and regulatory transparency into a single, coherent system. The problem Across cities worldwide, ride pooling faces the same structural issues: Pooling lowers prices for passengers but often destabilizes driver income Existing models force strangers together without social compatibility Safety and trust are treated as add-ons, not as core infrastructure Regulators struggle with transparency, taxation, and accountability As a result...

Proposal for Enhanced Regulation and Innovation in the Taxi Industry

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Dear Minister of Transport Jon-Ivar Nygård! My name is Yuriy Potsiluyev and I am the founder of the innovative project “Smart Dating in Taxi”. Our project aims to solve several key problems faced by taxi drivers and passengers, as well as to create significant economic and social benefits for society. In light of recent studies and reports on the impact of taxi market regulation, including the comprehensive report “The Impact of Taxi Market Regulation – An International Comparison” by Jon-Terje Bekken and Frode Långva, I am writing to propose a number of measures and innovations that could bring greater benefits to our national taxi industry.  Project Description:  Smart Dating in a Taxi is a mobile app that connects passengers with similar interests for shared taxi rides. This service allows passengers to save up to 40% on travel expenses, and drivers can earn 20-140% more per ride. In addition, our solution helps increase tax revenue in any country where the app operates by ...