3 Disruptive Mobility in Pre- and Post-COVID Times …
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• Commuter security and safety includes technologies/models that help passengers,
car diagnostics, trip tracking, and crowd-sourced health expectations, with an
emphasis on women’s safety.
• Product innovation applies to businesses that are seeking to improvise or develop
transport vehicles and assets. In India, operation in this segment has been minimal
but is expected to expand on the basis of the government’s recent commitment
to electric vehicles. Such companies can be mapped into through three major
segments:
• Alternate engines and fuels involve advancements in technology across hybrid
buses, two-wheelers, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, and electric autos.
• Bicycle innovation involves the increasing advent of early-stage firms making
electric bicycles.
• Autonomous technology development is a recent segment creating a buzz in India,
powered by the driverless car challenge of the leading car manufacturer, Mahindra.
Data-driven decision-making applies to models that utilize technology such as
sensors and GPS data that offer unique information to drivers as well as planners.
It is a new area of the Indian industry with a few specialized items coming from
early-stage firms and customized strategies from major IT corporations. Thus far,
two major groups are.
• Insights for businesses which include models utilizing data collected to provide
better services including fleet management, routing analytics, vehicle maintenance, and driver safety.
• Insights for city administrators like such kind of models which help city agencies
with integrating services, traffic management, and road maintenance [41].
3.2 Problem Statement
The Greater Bangalore Municipal Corporation, i.e., Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagar
Pallike (BBMP) is selected as the study area. Bengaluru is the fifth largest metropolis
of India with a population of 6.71 million [8], which is expected to increase to
11.22 million by the year 2025 [24]. Apart from private vehicles, the residents of
Bengaluru have a number of transport services to choose from, be it the buses run
by the state under Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) or metro
services by Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL), and even a range
of App-Based Shared Mobility (ABSM) services including motorized two-, three-,
and four-wheeler vehicles. These ABSM services are prevalent all over the city with
some providing carpooling services and other on-demand taxi rides. The study area
was finalized considering the varying transportation trends observed in the city after
the introduction of Uber in the city during the Financial Year (FY) 2013. The BMTC
bus service of Bengaluru is one of the best public transit services of India and is the
first bus system in India to have the least losses over six years till 2016 among eight
metropolitan bus systems of India [22].
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• Commuter security and safety includes technologies/models that help passengers,
car diagnostics, trip tracking, and crowd-sourced health expectations, with an
emphasis on women’s safety.
• Product innovation applies to businesses that are seeking to improvise or develop
transport vehicles and assets. In India, operation in this segment has been minimal
but is expected to expand on the basis of the government’s recent commitment
to electric vehicles. Such companies can be mapped into through three major
segments:
• Alternate engines and fuels involve advancements in technology across hybrid
buses, two-wheelers, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, and electric autos.
• Bicycle innovation involves the increasing advent of early-stage firms making
electric bicycles.
• Autonomous technology development is a recent segment creating a buzz in India,
powered by the driverless car challenge of the leading car manufacturer, Mahindra.
Data-driven decision-making applies to models that utilize technology such as
sensors and GPS data that offer unique information to drivers as well as planners.
It is a new area of the Indian industry with a few specialized items coming from
early-stage firms and customized strategies from major IT corporations. Thus far,
two major groups are.
• Insights for businesses which include models utilizing data collected to provide
better services including fleet management, routing analytics, vehicle maintenance, and driver safety.
• Insights for city administrators like such kind of models which help city agencies
with integrating services, traffic management, and road maintenance [41].
3.2 Problem Statement
The Greater Bangalore Municipal Corporation, i.e., Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagar
Pallike (BBMP) is selected as the study area. Bengaluru is the fifth largest metropolis
of India with a population of 6.71 million [8], which is expected to increase to
11.22 million by the year 2025 [24]. Apart from private vehicles, the residents of
Bengaluru have a number of transport services to choose from, be it the buses run
by the state under Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) or metro
services by Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL), and even a range
of App-Based Shared Mobility (ABSM) services including motorized two-, three-,
and four-wheeler vehicles. These ABSM services are prevalent all over the city with
some providing carpooling services and other on-demand taxi rides. The study area
was finalized considering the varying transportation trends observed in the city after
the introduction of Uber in the city during the Financial Year (FY) 2013. The BMTC
bus service of Bengaluru is one of the best public transit services of India and is the
first bus system in India to have the least losses over six years till 2016 among eight
metropolitan bus systems of India [22].