City-wide autorickshaw-pooling is likely by September
An auto-pooling initiative undertaken by Seetharam Vishwanath, general manager, Outer Ring Road Companies Association(ORRCA), has gathered pace and 200-odd companies and 500-odd Bangaloreans have formed an auto-sharing fraternity. In fact, the ORRCA is currently trying to streamline its autorickshaw-pooling program in a structured manner. If everything falls in place, a city-wide launch of the auto-pooling is likely by September-end or early October.
“My neighbors complained heavily about auto drivers who denied to go on hire, charged excess fare and misbehaved too. Then an idea struck me and while commuting to and from my workplace, I took numbers of all those auto-rickshaw drivers who drove sensibly and obeyed traffic rules. I circulated their numbers among 200-odd companies on the ORR and 500-odd individuals, including residents of my apartment. Today, there are many who rent an auto-rickshaw for an entire month to pick up and drop them from their offices at a particular time and are benefited,” said Vishwanath.
The motto is simple: if hiring auto-rickshaw seems to be a hassle, then pool in and rent an auto-rickshaw. If implemented on a wider scale, autorickshaw-pooling might not only blunt the menace of the drivers but also reduce the traffic congestion.The system ensures that honest drivers earn a fixed monthly income and aspire for a better living condition.
Residents of Vishwanath’s Spartacus Apartment in Jayanagar 4th T block have made a new beginning in sharing autos with others and using them just like city cabs.
“We have a sort of database of some 20-odd auto-rickshaw drivers and we call one of them whenever we need their services. We do not have to wait for autos at the stand or on the road. The auto arrives at our doorsteps or any particular point from where two or three people who would be wanting to take the same route will board the vehicles. We pay the driver after trip most of the time. Sometimes we pay them on a monthly basis,” said Raghu, one of the residents availing the facility.
Taking cue from the successful car-pooling, Bangaloreans have initiated autorickshaw-pooling/sharing, or auto-pooling/sharing, to harness the advantages of the privately-owned public transport mode and do away with all its pitfalls. Efforts on to launch a city-wide autorickshaw-pooling is likely by September-end or early October.
Courtesy: Aparajita Ray- (Share autos, travel hassle-free) DNA India
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This is a great news for Bangaloreans. Hats Off to all those who have initiated this.
I would like to avail this facility and my schedule is from Canara Bank Colony Chandra Lay out to Jayanagr IV Block in the morning around 8.30 A M and return trip around 6.30 PM.
Can any body help me on this please?