Ola launches pilot initiative ‘Bike Taxis’ in Bangalore

New Delhi: India’s most popular mobile app for transportation, Ola today announced the launch of Bike Taxis in Bangalore, which will enable customers zip through traffic with ease, at lowest fares.

Offering lowest introductory fare of Rs. two per km and Re. one per minute of trip time, Bike Taxis will be available to book through Ola’s app in the city of Bangalore.

Bike Taxis is the first of its kind two-wheeler transportation option in India, which comes with the same experience as booking a cab on the Ola app, that includes driver details displayed upfront, SOS, live tracking and seamless payment using Ola Money.

Pranay Jivrajka, Chief Operating Officer at Ola said, “We are excited to launch the pilot of Bike Taxis in Bangalore today. This will help users get to where they want to be within minutes, especially in traffic prone cities like ours. With Bike Taxis, we are enabling safe pillion rides for our users with trained two wheeler drivers at competitive fares.”

“We expect significant demand in the pilot phase and we will continue to scale this service up in the coming weeks to cover more areas in the city and serve more users. We believe this will be a major step towards enabling mobility for a billion Indians in the time to come,” added Pranay. (ANI)