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The Autocab Migration Checklist

A printable checklist for fleet operators planning a migration off Autocab. Data export steps, cutover plan, driver communication template. Free PDF download.

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The Autocab Migration Checklist

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What's inside

Practical — not a sales pitch

No vendor spin. The checklist is a working operations document: concrete steps drawn from real fleet migrations, with the numbers and templates you actually need on the day.

Step-by-step playbook

Concrete actions, in order. Read it, do it, see results. The checklist walks you from the day you decide to switch through to your first live trip on the new system — every box has an owner and a sequence so nothing gets skipped under pressure.

  • Pre-migration audit: contract end date, notice period, data ownership
  • Export → import → reconcile, with a verification gate after each step
  • A dual-running window so you never go dark on either platform

Real numbers

Written for the operators we build for — traditional taxi fleets, limo and chauffeur, airport transfer, corporate shuttle, school transport and more. Industry baselines are included so you can sanity-check vendor claims against what fleets like yours actually see.

  • The 14-day protocol structure, stage by stage
  • What dead mileage, missed jobs and setup fees really cost
  • Migration windows by fleet size: under 25, 25–250 and 250+ vehicles

No fluff

Written as an operational protocol, not a sales document. No filler chapters, no “thought leadership” — a single printable page you can stick on the wall of the control room and tick off as you go. It is a working document, not a brochure.

  • Printable — built for the control room, not the boardroom
  • Vendor-neutral steps that apply whatever you migrate to
  • Driver and customer communication templates you can copy verbatim

Inside the checklist

Data export, cutover and communication

The PDF condenses these three workstreams onto a single page. Here is what each one covers, so you know exactly what you're getting before you download.

1 · Data export steps

The first rule of any platform migration is that your operational data belongs to your business — drivers, vehicles, customers, saved addresses, historical bookings, corporate accounts, zones and tariffs. The checklist tells you exactly what to request from your current provider, and insists on an open format such as CSV rather than a locked PDF report you can’t actually re-import. Get the export early, while your contract is still live and support is still responsive.

Confirm your contract end date and the notice period in writing
Request a full data export — drivers, vehicles and documents
Export the customer database with saved addresses and accounts
Pull historical bookings and trip history for your records
Export account/corporate clients and their billing terms
Capture your zones, tariffs and fare rules as the source of truth
Save call recordings and any compliance logs you must retain
Get the export in an open format (CSV) — not a locked report

2 · The cutover plan

A migration goes wrong when a fleet flips a switch overnight with no fallback. The checklist lays out a staged cutover instead: stand the new platform up in a sandbox with your real fleet structure, redraw your zones on the live map and re-attach your zone-to-zone fares, import and reconcile your data, pilot with a few drivers on live jobs, then dual-run both systems through a short, low-volume window. You only decommission the old system after a clean week on the new one — so you never go dark on either platform.

Stand up the new platform in a sandbox with your real fleet structure
Redraw your zones on the live map and re-attach zone-to-zone fares
Import drivers, vehicles, customers and corporate accounts; reconcile counts
Pilot with a handful of drivers and a few live jobs before full switch
Pick a low-volume cutover window and dual-run both systems briefly
Port phone numbers / VoIP and the booking widget on the new web booker
Flip auto-dispatch on, watch the live map, keep the dispatch board ready
Decommission the old system only after a clean week on the new one

3 · Driver & customer communication template

The single biggest predictor of a migration drivers don’t resist is clear communication. The PDF includes a copy-and-send template for both audiences. For drivers: what changes (a new app and a new login), what stays the same (their jobs, their pay, their patch), the exact date of the switch, and where to get help on day one. For customers and corporate accounts: a short notice that the booking line and web booker are moving, with reassurance that saved addresses, accounts and history carry over.

Wired through TaxiDex, those comms aren’t just words: instant broadcasts push the announcement to every driver by push and SMS, the white-label passenger app and embeddable web booker keep the customer-facing brand identical, and a named onboarding contact is on hand through go-live so nobody is stranded on day one.

Why fleets are switching

What you'll do once the checklist is done

The checklist gets you off Autocab cleanly. TaxiDex is what most fleets land on — a multi-tenant cloud console with your own branded passenger app plus the TaxiDex driver app, live in about two weeks with founder support.

Auto-dispatch rules engine that assigns jobs without a controller
Live operations map with driver markers, status halos and SOS
Drag-and-drop dispatch board for the jobs automation shouldn't touch
Enterprise fare engine: zones, surge, surcharges and per-region tax
Card payments via Stripe & Square, incl. Apple Pay / Google Pay
Driver settlements and payouts via Stripe Connect, plus P&L
White-label passenger app and an embeddable web booker on your own domain
Transparent per-driver pricing that scales with volume

Before you download

Questions operators ask first

The five questions that come up most about getting your data out of Autocab and switching cleanly.

Is the Autocab Migration Checklist really free?

Yes. It is a free, one-page printable PDF. Drop your name and work email and we send it instantly — no spam and no auto-enrollment in a marketing sequence. It is a practical operations document, not a sales funnel.

Does the checklist only work if I switch to TaxiDex?

No. The export, cutover and communication steps are vendor-neutral and apply whatever system you migrate to. It is assembled from how these projects succeed and fail, so it is useful even if you are still comparing platforms.

Can I get my data out of Autocab?

Your operational data — drivers, vehicles, customers, saved addresses, historical bookings, account clients, zones and tariffs — belongs to your business. The checklist lists exactly what to request and insists on an open format such as CSV rather than a locked PDF report, so the data can actually be imported into a new system.

How long does a migration off Autocab take?

The migration protocol targets a 14-day go-live from kickoff. We migrate driver data, historical bookings and customer accounts by dual-running both systems through the cutover window, so nothing depends on the new one until it has been proven, then decommissioning the old platform only after a clean week on the new one.

What about driver and customer communication?

The PDF includes a driver communication template and a customer notice you can copy almost verbatim — covering what changes, what stays the same, the date of the switch, and where to get help on day one. Clear comms is the single biggest factor in a migration drivers don't resist.

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