The Delhi Metro customers will now be able to book their bike taxi rides from Delhi Metro’s official mobile app, DMRC Momentum (Delhi Sarthi 2.0) itself without the need to juggle between multiple apps.
This latest facility for commuters was formally launched on Monday by Dr Vikas Kumar, Managing Director, DMRC wherein people can avail two types of Bike taxis, namely, SHERYDS- for women, by women and RYDR- for all commuters.
SHERYDS is a custom-tailored initiative designed to meet the needs and preferences of female metro commuters. It also empowers women to travel independently at their convenience with safety to their destination. It offers women drivers an opportunity to become breadwinners, allowing them to live with dignity and respect focusing on easing first and last-mile connectivity for Delhiites.
RYDR aims to provide an efficient and productive service for all Delhi metro passengers. This Bike taxi service, operating in parallel with SHERYDS, will focus on optimizing rider routes and ensuring shorter, more efficient travel times. Unlike traditional models where drivers may travel long distances, RYDR keeps riders within a specified radius, which ensures both safety and reduced travel time.
The bike taxi service, introduced by DMRC in partnership with the First And Last Mile Connectivity India Pvt Ltd is presently made available from 12 Metro stations – Dwarka Sec-21, Dwarka Sec-10, Dwarka Sec-14, Dwarka Mor, Janakpuri West, Uttam Nagar East, Rajouri Garden, Subhash Nagar, Kirti Nagar, Karol Bagh, Millennium City Centre Gurugram and Palam.
A total of 50 SHERYDS and 150 RYDR will be operating from these stations in a radius of around 3-5 km between 8 am and 9 pm. Subsequently over 100 stations will be covered with this facility in a month’s time and remaining stations will be covered in next three months thus further strengthening the last mile connectivity across all 250 Metro stations of DMRC thereby taking the total count of SHERYDS and RYDER to around 1000 each.