Tag: Commuters

Bhubaneswar: Soon a Public Bicycle Sharing (PBS) system, controlled by Mobile applications (apps), will be introduced in Smart City Bhubaneswar as part of a strategy to develop a non-motorised, green and healthy city transport network. Speaking on the initiative, Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) Vice-Chairman Krishan Kumar informed that commuters can ride bicycles after booking them […]

Bhubaneswar: Kharavela Nagar police today apprehended four looters and seized 13 mobile phones and two bikes from their possession. The arrested have been identified as Akshaya Behera (20), Sidhanta Nayak (19) and Guru Behera (20) of Bhattapada village under Mancheswar Police Station limits and Biswajit Nayak (23) of PHD Colony in Kedarpalli area under Capital […]

Rourkela: Heavy rains and water-logging on the rail tracks near Rourkela station disrupted train services for quite sometimes on Monday, causing inconvenience to hundreds of commuters. Passengers had a tough time at the station as three express trains and some other local passenger trains were halted for at least three hours when the tacks remained […]

San Francisco : Google Maps is adding a helpful feature for commuters who tend to lose track of time during bus or train ride. It will now send a push notification when the user is approaching their destination. “It’s much easier for mass transit travellers to doze off or get distracted and miss their intended […]

Cuttack: Passengers suffered as government buses stayed off roads on as many as 20 bus routes in Cuttack zone today after Odisha State Road Transport Corporation (OSRTC) employees launched a strike demanding clearance of pending salary of 3 months and other arrears. According to sources, services of around 30 government buses were suspended due to […]

Bhubaneswar: FASTag, a system using radio frequency identification technology that enables seamless experience for commuters with cashless payments at toll gates, came into force across the country from today. In Odisha, the rollout of the initiative however has received a mixed response from the commuters. The prepaid tag, attached to windscreen of vehicles allows automatic […]