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Bengaluru's traffic police propose staggered work hours and mid-week work-from-home days for IT companies to mitigate the city's severe traffic congestion.
BENGALURU: In the wake of the state government banning bike taxi services, many riders have started reaching out to commuters directly on WhatsApp. Several people who regularly booked rides from fixed ...
The Taxi Welfare Association told the Karnataka High Court on Friday (July 25) that the bike taxi ban imposed in the state ...
Amidst the ongoing bike-taxi ban in Bengaluru, IT Minister Priyank Kharge expressed optimism about their eventual return, emphasizing the need for a r ...
Bengaluru: The effects of the crackdown on bike taxis continue to leave commuters grappling with soaring autorickshaw fares, ...
The Bike Taxi Association (BTA) has called on the Karnataka government to immediately adopt the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) Aggregator Guidelines 2025, warning that delays in ...
Senior Advocate Srinivasa Raghavan, representing the aggregator, argued that current legal structures allow both the operation and aggregation of two-wheelers for commercial purposes. He stated that ...
Bengaluru’s roads are slowing down again, and its gig workers are also struggling. A week into the bike taxi ban, commuters and drivers alike are feeling the effect. Here's how.
A day after scores of autorickshaw and cab drivers staged a protest in Bengaluru, seeking action against unauthorised bike taxis, the Karnataka transport department on Friday (July 5) issued an ...
Bike taxi ban deepens Bengaluru’s last-mile woes, says Rapido Appearing for Rapido, Senior Advocate Uday Holla contended that the ban ignores the city’s dire lack of last-mile connectivity and ...
Bike taxi services made their debut on Bengaluru roads in 2015-16. Since then, controversies surrounding the services have refused to die. When the aggregators including Bengaluru-based startups ...
BENGALURU: Amidst the tussle between autorickshaw drivers and bike taxi riders, mobility experts say that both are unique modes of transport in developing economies like India and urge that both ...