Carpooling in Karnataka: No fines, but ride-sharing apps may need licenceBengaluru has an estimated two million people employed in the technology, startup and BPO sectors for thousands of whom carpooling is a pre...
03 Oct, 2023, 06.01 AM IST
Carpooling resources makes eminent senseThere are several reasons why states should prioritise carpooling. One, it can make mobility affordable for many, especially when public tr...
03 Oct, 2023, 01.40 AM IST
Carpooling banned in Bengaluru, penalty up to Rs 10,000. Know moreThe transport department in Bengaluru has banned carpooling services offered through mobile apps like Quick Ride, following complaints from...
01 Oct, 2023, 10.17 AM IST
Corporates encourage employees to carpool, use ride share appsA recent report by Dutch location and navigation services provider TomTom had found Bengaluru to be the most traffic-congested city in the ...
18 Feb, 2020, 09.15 AM IST
Cops want Ola and Uber carpool, not Transport departmentWhile private services do not involve money transactions, ridesharing services operated by aggregators -although illegal under law, had don...
01 Feb, 2017, 09.39 AM IST
Uber expands uberPOOL to three more Indian citiesSince the launch of uberPOOL in Delhi and Bengaluru, 25 per cent of all trips in the two cities are now on uberPOOL, he added.
03 Jun, 2016, 12.03 PM IST
13-year-old creator of Odd-even.com Akshat Mittal sells his company to Orahi.comThe site was developed and launched in Dec 2015 by the standard 9 student anticipating the odd-even vehicle rule implemented by the Delhi g...
05 Apr, 2016, 09.00 AM IST
Shared rides: Building relationships & business on-the-goWith travelling time increasing in proportion to the number of vehicles, many professionals are sharing cabs with complete strangers.
29 Feb, 2016, 03.26 PM IST
Ola set to open doors to pvt players for carpool service“Carpool is a major innovation towards building sustainable mobility for our cities at scale,“ said Ishan Gupta, category head-shared mobil...
29 Dec, 2015, 11.10 AM IST
Uber starts private carpooling service in Delhi tomorrowThe new service would be 10%-30% lower than the regular fares. Uber said it is making it easy and affordable for people to share rides and ...
15 Dec, 2015, 12.21 PM IST
Uber to let Delhi's private car owners offer rides to passengersOwners of the almost 3 million private vehicles registered in the city can sign up as Uber-GO drivers and offer to pick up customers on the...
15 Dec, 2015, 05.26 AM IST
Tech employees in Bengaluru turn to carpooling to decongest city's roadsLet's Drive Along app was launched by Bengaluru police in October with an aim to free the roads of at least 30,000 cars in three months.
02 Dec, 2015, 11.44 AM IST
Uber plans to launch car-pooling service in BengaluruTaxi-hailing app Uber is launching its car-pooling service in India, competing with a handful of other similar services launched since last...
22 Sep, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
French carpooling company BlaBlaCar driving into India when aggregators are stuck in a jamIndia is the first stop in Asia, for the 10-year old company that has built an online community of 10 million across 13 countries so far.
14 Jan, 2015, 11.10 AM IST
Cops back carpooling with an offer of safetyCops are using social media to promote the concept, especially among IT employees travelling towards Whitefield and Electronics City, the n...
14 Jan, 2015, 10.44 AM IST
Startups offering ride-shares set to gain as taxi aggregators face roadblocks across statesRide sharing is poised to gain customer interest as taxi aggregators in several states face the heat of scrutiny from authorities that have...
16 Dec, 2014, 12.40 PM IST
Ride-sharing platform Tripda arrives in India; joins local playersStarted less than a year ago in Brazil, the Rocket Internet-backed company is already in 12 countries across Asia and the Americas.
26 Nov, 2014, 08.21 AM IST