University teams up with cycle sharing platform

Students and teachers of the Delhi Technological University ( DTU) can pedal to their destinations on the 164- acre campus, a facility that was launched today after the varsity partnered with an appbased bicycle- sharing platform.

Around 150 bicycles will be deployed to give students and staff an environmentalfriendly twowheeler alternative for trips within the sprawling Campus.

Cyclists will be able to pick up and drop the bicycles from practically anywhere within the university premises to either travel from their hostel to classes or to traverse different departments, without having to resort to motorised vehicles.

The initiative by the university, located in north Delhi, has been taken in collaboration with Ofo, a dock less bicycle sharing platform operated via a mobile app. It was inspired by the concept of sharing economy and was facilitated by smartphone technology, aimed at tackling the last mile connectivity challenge in urban areas. This is the organisation’s second pilot project in the capital.

Encouraging students to promote the bicycling initiative, DTU vice- chancellor, Yogesh Singh, said that the university would pay for the rides taken by its staff and faculty to promote bicycling in the campus.

Anoop Lather, public trelations officer, DTU added, “What better way than to beat the high vehicular traffic and pollution, including fumes from the trucks, entering the city.