Juspay-backed Namma Yatri’s new feature to promote public transport

Bengaluru: The open mobility platform supported by FinTech companies Juspay, Google and Blume Ventures, Namma Yatri, launched a new feature to encourage public transport and reduce traffic congestion in the city.

The new feature, Namma Transit, will help users control the best routes available from the beginning to the target and choose shorter and more affordable costs.

Shan MS, a head growth officer, will try to make money as driving greeting firm is scaled from the service. Mint On the edges of the launch event on Friday.

“It should be sustainable. There are many money -making models to be considered and we will evaluate them according to how the service is scaled. The idea is to reduce the number of private vehicles on the road.”

The new feature will provide real -time information about which subway station to go, which platform and door will be used and when to change the modes. This is similar to the details found in Google Maps, but Indian is more personalized for road roads and metro timings.

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Namma Transit is not expected to damage the Cab and automatically hailing basic business model of Namma Transit, because the first stages of the presentation will encourage automatic drivers to accept driving to metro stations and subway stations. Shan, “the first mileage and the last mile transport will be the core of all automobile driving. Smooth drivers will benefit from more driving,” he said.

The company envisions city development by improving a 70% of public transportation share, a 50% decrease in traveling time and emissions, and access to first/last miles. Thanks to the non -commission model for automatic and Cab drives, it has completed more than 100 million driving to date. Bengaluru, Chennai, Calcutta and Haydarabad stand out among the best cities.

Namma Yatri was guaranteed in July last year La92 Crore ($ 11 million) in a financing round led by investors, such as Blume Ventures and Antler. The tour valued the company after $ 55 million. Google also joined.

In an interview MintThe company said it plans to strengthen its presence in more than 15 levels in Southern India, for example, for the next few months, such as Mangalore, Kottayam, Madurai and Salem. He explained that going beyond the subway cities would be a natural progress for the mobility company.