Earlier this week, the Bangalore police started a new carpooling initiative to ease traffic congestion in the city and additional commissioner of traffic police MA Saleem said that it would lead to a reduction of around 50,000 vehicles on the Outer Ring Road, as indicated by this Times of India report. The programme has been in the works for quite some time and Saleem had taken to Twitter to announce about the services. Car pooling is the best way to reduce traffic congestion at Whitefield and Bellandur. Next month we commencing a car pooling campaign. — Dr. M A Saleem, IPS (@AddlCPTraffic) August 26, 2015 The Bangalore traffic police had also partnered with ride sharing service Pool Circle to get private vehicles roads off the streets. Carpool site Android app: http://t.co/WPIFua8Oi9 iOS app: http://t.co/6sU0P2r2JO Website: http://t.co/ZjxTMliRTEpic.twitter.com/yr6mTjKvZ4 — BTP (@blrcitytraffic) September 29, 2015 The online ride sharing business seems to be taking off in Bangalore and now seems more legitimate with the Bangalore police taking pro active steps. In September alone, three taxi services launched carpooling services in Bangalore making it almost a petri dish to see how the ecosystem could pan out in the rest of the country. Uber announced that it will launch its car-pooling product UberPOOL in Bangalore in beta in the coming weeks. Following its rival's announcement, Ola also said it is planning to launch its own ridesharing service, probably to be known as Ola Share. Radio cab service provider Meru Cabs has already launched a carpool service in India,…
