‘Ola Bike’ introduced in Kota

More than 60 bike are already on road in the city; to be scaled up to 300 over the next few months

Ola Bike to enable an affordable and smart commute solution, 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 Hindi for the bike driver partners

Kota, June 7th, 2017: Ola, India’s most popular mobile app for transportation, today announced the launch of motor bikes, on its app in Kota. With this launch, Kota becomes the second city in Rajasthan the fifth city in India and to get bikes on the Ola app, after Gurgaon, Faridabad, Hyderabad, and Jaipur. Ola is addressing last-mile connectivity by enabling reliable mobility in one of the most populous cities in the state of Rajasthan, a popular education hub in the country. The company plans to onboard more than 300 bikes over the next few months.

Kota is a major hub for competitive examination preparations and has a number of engineering and medical coaching institutes in the country attracting several lakh students and their families to visit the city yearly. The city has also been shortlisted by the Ministry of Urban Development as one of the 100 cities under Smart City Mission. These factors have 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.

Sanjay Yadav, Business Head – Kota at Ola said, “At Ola, we are continually building mobility solutions to suit the unique needs of hundreds and thousands of Indians, and we are thrilled to bring Ola Bike to Kota, the third most populous city of Rajasthan. Kota being a hub of engineering and medical coaching institutes, attracts a lot of students 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 and will further help in improving last mile connectivity. He further added, “The launch of bikes on the Ola app follows the Company’s MoU with the Govt of Rajasthan to introduce innovative commute options for citizens across the state. Ola Bike have been made available in Kota at Rs. 3 per kilometer with Rs. 20 as base fare, making them immensely useful 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 drivers to use. Ola offers a range of smart commuting options in Kota that include ‘Prime Sedan’ and ‘Mini’, ‘Auto’, ‘Ola Share’, ‘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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