Awesome New Ideas For A Better
Tomorrow (10)- A
ride
sharing
App
Life-saving
gadgets, safer ways to travel, solutions for sanitation and
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10. A Ride-sharing App That’s Actually Safe
BRAINCHILD OF: Rajkumar Mundel,
Praveen Mane and Averi Pal Choudhuri
Imagine
you woke up one hour before an important meeting and missed your
bus. Here’s an option that will be like hitching a ride with a
friend, perhaps a new one. Let’s Ride, a free Web app, is a
platform for people to connect so they can carpool their way to work
or college.
Log
on to the Website (letsride.in), fill in your daily commute details
and mention if you are a car owner and how many passengers you are
ready to take on and the price you wish to charge. If you are a
passenger, it will connect you with people going to your
destination. Launched in 2013 by three Pune engineers, Let’s Ride
is different mainly because it taps into your existing social
circles. It lets you share rides with people who have similar
interests, are from your locality or work in the same office area.
There is a chat option for you to connect with the person offering
you the ride. “Our site also links you to the social profiles of
the users so that you can look them up and be sure of your safety,”
says founder Rajkumar Mundel.
STATUS:
The
site has more than 11,000 participants in Pune and 6,000 users in
other cities like Bangalore, Mumbai, Chennai and Delhi. The fare for
the ride is directly given to the car owner by passengers, without
Let’s Ride taking a cut.
IN
OTHER CITIES
SmartMumbaikar:
Ten minutes before you need a ride, give a missed call to the number
the site provides. The site connects you to other users on the same
route so you can carpool. It will soon be available as an app.
RidingO:
In Bangalore, sign up on this application with your corporate email
ID or use your Linkedin.com profile and share rides with people who
live and work in the same locality as you.
HTBR141130
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