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‘Ola Bike’ introduced in Ahmedabad

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More than 50 bikes are already on road in the city; to be scaled up to 250 over the next few months

  • Ola Bike to enable an affordable and smart commute, addressing last-mile connectivity in the city
  • Ola Bike to help reduce congestion on the road
  • Ola enables live ride tracking, cashless payments, and ride receipts
  • Ola app available in 9 different languages, including Gujarati for the bike driver partners

Ahmedabad, June 7th , 2017: Ola, India’s most popular mobile app for transportation, today announced the launch of  motor bikes on its app in Ahmedabad. With this launch, Ahmedabad becomes the sixth city in India to get bikes on the Ola app, after Gurgaon, Faridabad, Hyderabad, Kota, and Jaipur. Ola is addressing last-mile connectivity by enabling reliable mobility in the largest city in Gujarat, an emerging state and an extremely important economic and industrial hub of the country. Ola plans to increase the number of bikes to 250 in the coming few months.

Ahmedabad has been shortlisted by the Ministry of Urban Development as one of the 100 cities under the Smart City Mission. It is also the sixth largest city and seventh largest metropolitan in the country. These factors have encouraged migration to the city and as a result, led to high vehicular pollution and traffic congestion in the city. A dynamic smart commuting solution like Ola Bike will help people manoeuvre through the congested roads of the city at affordable prices, and will add up to the transport ecosystem of the city by working as a last-mile connectivity solution for the commuters.

Kiran Brahma, Associate Director Operations, Ola said, “At Ola, we are continually building mobility solutions to suit the unique needs of hundreds and thousands of Indians. In this endeavour, we are thrilled to bring Ola Bike in Ahmedabad. The city attracts a lot of tourists and business travellers throughout the year, putting extra pressure on the city’s traffic infrastructure. A category like Ola Bike will help the commuters to navigate through city’s congested roads. At the same time, it will enable hundreds of men and women to take their first step towards entrepreneurship by becoming driver partners with us.”  He further added, “Ola Bike have been made available in the city at Rs. 3 per kilometer with Rs. 15 as base fare, making them immensely useful and cost effective for short trips.”

For added convenience of bike driver partners, the Ola app is available in 9 languages including English, Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi, Tamil, and Telugu, making it extremely convenient and user-friendly for local driver partners to use. Ola offers a range of smart commuting options in Ahmedabad that include multiple options such as ‘Prime’, ‘Mini’, ‘Autorickshaw’, ‘Ola Share’, ‘Ola Rental’, ‘Ola Outstation’, and now ‘Ola Bike’.

How does Ola Bike work?

Ola Bike appears on the Ola app as a separate category. The commuter can book an Ola Bike similar to the way they book any other category. Basis the pick-up location, the nearest Ola Bike will get assigned and the commuters will have access to Ola’s all key features including driver partner details displayed upfront, ride tracking, in trip navigation, SOS button, offline booking, easy payment using Ola Money, location and mapping innovations such as Hotspots, and share directions.

About Ola:

Founded in Jan 2011 by IIT Bombay alumni Bhavish Aggarwal and Ankit Bhati, Ola (formerly Olacabs), is India’s most popular mobile app for personal transportation. Ola integrates city transportation for customers and driver partners onto a mobile technology platform ensuring convenient, transparent and quick service fulfilment. Ola is committed to its mission of building mobility for a billion people. Using the Ola mobile app, users across 110 cities can book from over 6,00,000 vehicles across cabs, auto-rickshaws and taxis. Ola has also introduced a range of shared mobility services on its platform like Ola Shuttle and Ola Share for commute and ride-sharing respectively. The app is available on Windows, Android and iOS platforms. Please visit https://www.olacabs.com/media for more information.

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