Providing affordable and swift mode of transport in the city, a bike-taxi service has been launched in Gurgaon with 50 such bikes flagged off in the first phase on Wednesday.
Rapido, the bike-taxi operator which already runs bike-taxis in Bengaluru, said it plans to expand the number of bikes to 500 in Gurgaon over the next two months.
Charging `5 per kilometer, and no waiting charges, the bike-taxi service aims to provide alternative to solo commuters and poses a challenge to four-wheeler cabs and auto rickshaws.
With its headquarters in Bengaluru, Rapido claims to have executed more than 1 lakh rides till date.
launching the service in Gurgaon, Aravind Sanka, co-founder of Rapido said, “More than 60 per cent of the working population changes three modes of transportation services while commuting on a daily basis. We want to provide a convenient, reliable, economical solution to travel short distances. There are 20 million unemployed people in India and our target is to reduce the number by offering them means of livelihood while also turning them into entrepreneurs.”