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Uber launches UberMOTO in Gurgaon; to submit findings to Haryana Govt

Online cab aggregator Uber has launched UberMOTO, its bike taxi service in Gurgaon. The company says that this is a pilot and has been launched in agreement with the memorandum of understanding it signed with the Haryana government to introduce ridesharing services in the state earlier this month. As of now, the service is available in certain areas of the city, with plans to expand to future areas soon. Uber won’t charge a service fee for the pilot’s duration and submit “key findings” to the Government. We’d said at the time of the MoU that Uber would launch the bike taxi service in the state, given that it is also legal to do so in Haryana. UberMOTO will operate from 7:30AM to 9:30PM in Gurgaon, like Bangalore, where it was operating from 9AM to 7PM. Uber said that the service will be especially useful for commuting to and from metro stations and will help in reducing congestion in Gurgaon. Gurgaon has a population of 876,824 according to the 2011 Census. Uber’s MoU with the Haryana Government hopes to create an alternative to car ownership, while the government hopes to reduce pollution and time spent in traffic in the cities. Legal operational issues of UberMOTO: Uber hit a roadblock after the Karnataka government deemed the service illegal in the first week of March, the same week it was launched, and now requires bike taxi operators to apply for a license for their service in order to operate in the state. In the same week,…

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