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TOP SIX MUST HAVE APPS FOR DAILY COMMUTERS Using smartphones, you can not just plan your trip in advance but also get more information on the best routes to travel, the ones to avoid, the best vehicles to use and the lowest fares o ered by cabs for your route
- Sidharth Shekhar Commuting in urban metros can be a pain during Ridlr peak hours. Trains operating beyond their capacity, Ridlr is a public transport ticketing and commuting app for a limited taxi service and a fragmented bus network your daily intra-city travel needs. It allows you to book your shows that something has to be done to ease the NMMT bus tickets as well as recharging your Mumbai metro commute of citizens not just in the commercial smart card using the Ridlr app. capital but across the country. You can also get timetable for Metro, Local Trains, Monorail, Research on commuter behavior highlights the BEST and NMMT buses in Mumbai. This app keeps you importance of networks and information pushing informed about multiple modes of transport, with route smart mobility. display on the map. Plan your commute with tra c updates Whether you drive, ride or walk, these SIX and alerts about delays, cancellations, mega blocks, etc. smartphone apps will help you get to the o ce or directly on your smart phone. anywhere on time. Top Features: Get live updates of any incidents, delays or cancellations. Receive Mega block information so that you can plan your commute accordingly, best parking information.
Moovit Public transportation is always unpredictable and this is where Moovit comes into the play. It is a local transit app which provides precise information of any public transit app, Moovit adds a new city every 24 hours. Combining all your transit options together in a single app, Moovit gives you total control over your travels. It constantly updates as transit operators change schedules or alter service, so you don’t end up at a station that is closed, or waiting for a bus that isn’t coming. Live Directions with Get O Noti cations guide you step-by-step in real time as you travel. You can focus on anything you want while riding because Moovit will alert you when it’s time to get o . Top Features: Bike Share, Real Time Arrival information (where available),Global Coverage in over 1000 cities means.
68 PCQUEST NOVEMBER 2016 pcquest.com twitter.com/pcquest facebook.com/pcquest linkd.in/pcquest [email protected] ETA Zoomcar ETA allows you to With Zoomcar you share your travel can hire vehicles to route with friends commute all over and family. All India. Whether you that you need need to run around to do is to just town or want to go out select the route of station for a long of your bus/train/ weekend, Zoomcar car/auto/bike/ has the vehicle for walk and share it you. Zoomcar has for it to be visible 19 di erent vehicle in real time. makes to choose from One of the best and o ers self-drive things about services across 7 cities ETA is that you - Bangalore, Mumbai, Pune, Delhi NCR, Hyderabad, can get driving Chennai, and Chandigarh. Through this app you times to multiple locations with a glance. As tra c can pick up a vehicle from a conveniently located conditions change, those driving estimates change parking station or through a doorstep delivery to a as well. location of choice. Top Features: No Sign-Up required, Shared route A refundable deposit of Rs.5000 is charged per trip, expires once the journey ends. but if you’ve done multiple bookings then you can forego the deposit entirely! Top Features: Zoom Commute, Invite and Earn.
Shuttl TransitPedia Shuttl is an app Through this app based, on- you can get bus, demand shuttle metro and local service that lets train timetable in you travel to your Mumbai, Delhi, destination and Chennai, Kolkatta back. Shuttl app Bengaluru, is power packed Hyderabad and with features like more. Universal Search This travel app is which allows you especially meant for to explore routes visitors to get local between any two solutions in Mumbai, locations. Delhi and Pune. With Maps you can browse your Shuttl route on map and see Designed to give where your pickup point is and discover the exact route that complete A to B solution i.e. a single application will your bus will take. cover the time, distance and mode of travel, displaying Through this app you can track your Shuttl in real time and the most e cient and e ective solutions to reach plan your travel. Also, if you have problem in reaching your a destination which will certainly save the time and pickup point then the app will help you to navigate to your e ort of daily commuters. pickup point. Top Features: Trip planner, O ine Timetable, Real Top Features: Live ETA, One Click Booking. time service alerts. pcquest.com twitter.com/pcquest facebook.com/pcquest linkd.in/pcquest [email protected] NOVEMBER 2016 PCQUEST 69 UNDERSTAND CHOOSE IMPLEMENT IT Subscribe To PCQuest To Know More About Latest • Tech Products • Gadgets • Product Reviews
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