Mp Renews Call For Motorcycle E Hailing Services

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Lembah Pantai MP Fahmi Fadzil taking a Dego Ride e-hailing service to Parliament today.KUALA LUMPUR: Lembah Pantai MP Fahmi Fadzil wants the government to regulate motorcycle e-hailing services, saying it can help ease traffic congestion and improve mobility among city dwellers.
Calling on the relevant ministries to review motorcycle e-hailing services, he said such services could also help those who commute short distances.
Last November, deputy transport minister Henry Sum Agong said there were no plans to introduce motorcycle e-hailing services because of the high rate of road deaths among motorcyclists.
Today, Fahmi said there were “arguments” to allow such services up to a radius of 10km.
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“For instance, if you want to commute from your home to an MRT station, or from your office to an LRT station, this is where this service would be economical and help to avoid traffic jams,” the PKR information chief told reporters at his office in Pantai Dalam.
He said that encouraging people to use motorcycle e-hailing services could help Kuala Lumpur become a low carbon-emission city by 2030.
He added that in his constituency, there were people who had appointments at a hospital nearby but found existing e-hailing fares too costly.
Nabil Feisal Bamadhaj, the founder of Dego Ride, the country’s first motorcycle e-hailing service, said the company hoped to see the government regulate the service so both riders and passengers would use it with confidence.
“We saw traffic become worse when economic activities resumed after the pandemic. At the same time, we saw an increase in demand for our service,” he said.
“But riders were sceptical to join us because they were not sure if our service is legal.”
Dego Ride started in July 2015 but was forced to stop two years later because of road safety concerns. It currently provides motorcycle delivery services.
Nabil said an informal survey conducted by his team at LRT stations recently showed that commuters were receptive to the lower cost and faster travelling time offered by motorcycle e-hailing services.
Separately, Fahmi took a jab at finance minister Tengku Zafrul Aziz, who has just been appointed as Selangor Barisan Nasional treasurer.
“Before this, Tengku Zafrul was close with (Bersatu president) Muhyiddin Yassin, so he has to explain the appointment,” he said.
“The people will decide whether he’s a burden to Umno.”
He also said that Tengku Zafrul had previously claimed that he would not join politics, despite being a long-time Umno member.
In June, Tengku Zafrul had brushed off speculation that he would join politics, saying that he was focusing on the country’s economic recovery efforts. -  FMT

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