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KoolPool plans to launch in Pune |
| KoolPool, with its success story in Mumbai, is planning to go down the lanes of neighboring Pune city. The decision to reach out Pune residents came when office goers, mostly to the Software Technology Park of India at Hingewadi, sought KoolPool to sort out their traveling woes.
With little alternative for public transport, the 16,000-odd employees working at Hingewadi, about 20 kilometers from Pune city, face acute problem for commuting. Studies reveal that nearly 1 lakh vehicles add on to the existing population of 14 lakh vehicles on Pune roads each year. Of which, 70 per cent are two-wheelers.
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| 4,000 requests, 764 pooling, more members to be added |
| The concept of carpooling — launched by KoolPool — has been an out-and-out success in the mega-city of Mumbai with 4,000 people requesting for a membership in a span of less than six months.
Ashok Datar, co-founder of KoolPool and a transport specialist said, “We have a list of 4,000 people, mostly office-goers, who have shown interest in carpooling.” Car pools could augur a win-win situation for commuters and the government. But we would like to start with a small number and look at the viability of the system, added Datar.
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| Koolpool — India’s first organized carpooling begins in Mumbai |
| India first organized carpooling — Koolpool — which worked out an indigenously designed system to reduce traffic congestion was launched in the sprawling metropolis of Mumbai on November 16, 2006.
With nearly 30,000 cars being added on to Mumbai roads that maintained a constant road length at around 2,000 kilometres spurred Joshua D’Souza to ponder over a concept to ease out traffic.
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