Bike-taxis - a solution to traffic jams in Bengaluru

Bengaluru is a city that faces traffic snarls regularly and it has become a part of the urban landscape. There is now a proposal to allow bike-taxis to operate on its roads - this is expected to be a game-changing idea. Such motorcycle taxis are popular in countries like Thailand, UK, Sweden, US, Brazil and Indonesia. The transport department is interested in going for motorcycle taxis because it has already fixed the fares: Rs 10 for the first two kms and Rs 5 for every subsequent kilometer.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 17 December 2015.

Jayanagar RTO is the agency which issues taxi permits in city limits and it has received 12 to 15 proposals with three aggregators having applied seeking permit to operate and the department has started the process of preparing guidelines to cover bike taxis in the line of city taxi aggregators.
A few issues that the department will have to resolve are - whether lifetime tax should be imposed on the these bike taxis or quarterly tax like other types of transport vehicles, types of vehicle, whether rider should have minimum age of riding experience, helmet is compulsory for pillion riders, number plates would be of yellow color and there should be digital meters.
These bike-taxis would be restricted to BBMP limits.
Bengaluru already has a whopping 40.64 lakh two-wheelers out of 58.75 lakh vehicles and, one of the private operators has already started his business via a mobile app in Koramangala - a person who travels on a bike saves at least 70 per cent time compared with one who commutes in a four wheeler or autos. Moreover, bike-taxi is economical at just Rs 5 per km.

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