Take A Peek At The New Lifecare Blue Bird Facilities That Facilitate Passengers With Disabilities To The Elderly

Blue Bird Tbk Develops Lifecare Taxi facilities, services for individuals with special needs, disabled and elderly. Photo: Theresia Agatha/VOI

JAKARTA - PT Blue Bird Tbk or (BIRD) is developing a Lifecare Taxi facility, a taxi service specifically designed for individuals with special needs, disabilities and the elderly, which has been launched since 2014.

This service is a manifestation of Bluebird's commitment for more than 50 years to provide quality, innovative and relevant services, with the needs of each customer.

President Director of PT Blue Bird Tbk Adrianto Djokosoetono said the development of Lifecare Taxi includes the use of a new fleet, namely the Multi-purpose Vehicle (MVP) with a relieved cabinet.

In addition, passenger seats are specially designed to be able to go up and down automatically and drivers who are equipped with skills using Lifecare Taxi fleet features.

With these new facilities, BIRD helps customers with physical challenges to carry out mobility comfortably.

"By developing Lifecare Taxi, Bluebird is committed to bridging the accessibility gap in transportation and ensuring that everyone has the same opportunity," Adrianto said in a media gathering at Bluebird Tower, South Jakarta, Thursday, April 25.

Currently, the Lifecare Taxi fleet itself is only available as many as 5 units, with details of 3 units in Jakarta and 2 units in Bali. In the future, the number of Lifecare Taxi fleets will be increased.

Customers who want to take advantage of this service can make bookings through the Bluebird call center.

Adrianto added that the argo for this taxi service is still the same as before. "It's still the same (the budget), but we actually collaborate with agencies (such as hospitals) that need it to be more affordable," he said.

In the future, hospitals or other agencies collaborating with Bluebird will provide customer recommendations if they really need this Lifecare Taxi service.

Life Care Taxi Service Will Be In Bali

Bluebird's Lifecare Taxi service will also soon pave the streets of Denpasar and Badung, Bali. The taxi service will be launched tomorrow.

"In Bali it will be launched tomorrow," said Adrianto.

Andre said that until now only 5 units of the Lifecare Taxi service have been available.

"Currently, we have five units for stage 1. We divide them into two in Jakarta and three in Bali," he said.

The Lifecare Taxi fleet can be found at Bluebird bases in several hospitals in Jakarta, such as Pantai Indah Kapuk Hospital, Fatmawati Hospital, Dharmais Hospital, EMC Alam Sutera Hospital and Siloam Hospitals Semanggi. Meanwhile, for Bali, Lifecare Taxi can be found at BIMC Hospital and Siloam Hospitals.

In the future, said Andre, his party will plan to increase the number of fleet units for the service. However, he has not been able to specify how many units will be added because it is still too early.

"At the same time because this is also a new fleet, everything is new. After we learn to operate and so on, of course, we plan to add more," he said.