MyTrinTrin, an app-based bicycle renting service is reportedly going to be available in Bangalore by end of this month, reports The Times of India. Note that MyTrinTrin is a Public Bicycle Sharing (PBS) system. Under PBS, bicycles are owned and operated by a government or its associates, for the use by locals or visitors on a rental basis. In Bangalore, The Directorate of Urban Land Transport (DULT) and Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) will reportedly launch the project. The app-based dockless bicycle rental service will be available at seven areas such as Cubbon Park, M G Road, Trinity, Ulsoor, Indira Nagar etc in its first phase of the rollout, according to the ToI report. The state government reportedly plans to roll out about 5,000 bicycles across the city initially. The service will be expanded in a phased manner. Note that MyTrinTrin already operates in Mysore, has about 450 bicycles in the city. App-based bike-sharing service in India There is a sudden focus on bicycle renting or sharing in India. Beijing-based bicycle rental start-up ofo, which raised a funding of $866 million in March, entered in India early this year starting with Pune, Coimbatore, Indore and said it will soon expand to more cities like Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Delhi, and Chennai. In December 2017, cab aggregator Ola introduced ‘Ola Pedal’, its own bicycle sharing platform, starting with college campuses like IIT Kanpur. In November 2017, we found out that InMobi’s co-founder Amit Gupta has started an IoT-enabled bicycle rental company Yulu in Bangalore, which is yet to roll…
