Bengaluru: It’s been five months since the government launched a carnataka electric bicycle taxi scheme, but no operator has taken a license to offer services so far.
In July, the government launched an ambitious scheme to allow e-bicycle taxis to help provide the first connectivity and lastmile, especially in urban areas to and from Metro, bus and train.
The Transportation Agency proposes Rs 25 for the first 5 kilometers and Rs 50 for 10km.
Many passengers say e-bicycle taxis will be a good, cheap choice considering auto service or taxi there is no shared in the city.
A senior transportation official who claimed there was no taker for the scheme.
“We accept a few questions but they don’t want to invest in new electric scooters.
They need to be interested in registering electricity bikes / scooters as bicycle taxis.
A new electric bicycle will cost RS lakh 60,000-1.2, so they will have to spend more than Rs 1 Crore for 100 bicycles.
They all want petrolrun bikes that will be allowed under this scheme, but we have no plans like that, “he said.
Rapido has operated a non-electric bicycle taxi in the city since 2016.
It was not available for comments.
The two-wheeled Bounce rental company app, which has just been launched by Infinity E1 (electric scooter with a swappable battery), expressed interest in the project.
Vivekananda Hallekere, CEO and Co-Founder from Bounce, said the company might apply for permission to operate e-bike taxis.
However, taxis are based on Ola’s aggregators, which have just launched an electric scooter, have no plans for the launch of e-bicycle taxis in the city.
Ola and Uber have launched a previous taxi bicycle service, but the operation was stopped after the transportation department seized their vehicle to plying without permission.
Cheaper Option-bicycle taxi will be cheaper than cars and taxis.
For the car, the minimum rate for 2 km is the first RS 30 and for each additional km, it is Rs 15.
In a taxi aggregator based on application-like Ola and Uber, commuters pay a minimum of RS 75 for small taxis and Rs 150 for luxury taxis for 4km first.
For city taxis, it is Rs 18 per km for non-AC taxis and Rs 24 per km for the AC.
According to framed rules for e-bicycle taxi schemes, distance between origin and travel destinations should not be more than 10 km.
The license must wear flat rates in two plates: up to 5 kilometers and for 5-10 km.
The yellow helmet must be given to the driver and passenger.
“The distance from traveling travel with tenants must be measured on the basis of an odometer mounted on a bicycle.
rates will be at the bottom of the distance, not travel time, “the rule said.
Moon on, no taker for the e-bike taxi scheme in B’luru
