Lets pool in - Traffic Police, Radio One and Commute Easy come together..

Alright!
Saying that we haven't been regular in updating this blog would be an understatement. But it isnt late to make amends.. is it ? :)

So the good things is a LOT has happened on Commute Easy since our last update. So you can rest assured that the friendly neighborhood initiative that you lent support to has grown ino something substantial.

• We partnered with the Bangalore traffic Police which has turned out to be fabulous relationship. The Traffic Police in addition to being extremely proactive in spreading awareness on CommuteEasy has also awarded us the seal of credibility.They have helped set up over 15 hoardings across Bangalore.
• Partnership with Radio One : This partnership gave CommuteEasy a booster shot in the arm and took our user base from 5,000 to 15,000 in one year.
• Launch of Lets Pool in campaign in association with Radio One and Traffic Police

• 

what else did we do?

Press Conference for launch of Lets pool in campaign with clebrity guests Robin Uthappa, Anu Prabhakar and Charu Sharma.

Rahul Dravid, Prasad Bidappa et al coming on board as ambassadors of Lets Pool in campaign.



Custom carpool solutions: During this period, we struck upon the exciting idea of building community specific carpool solutions.. A classic example of how a simple tweak to an existing solution can make a huge difference.. I think this topic merits a post of its own.. So will sign off on this post here..

CE Newsletter- 05/06/08 (World Environment day)

Hi guys,
How you doing?

Any guesses as to which website benefits most from rising fuel prices??
Haha.. yup!! Commute Easy has seen a sudden increase in the number of pools formed and new registrations over the last few days. So there are several new joinees on your route. This is a good time to give it another go if you arent pooling yet.

We are also implementing a taxi-pooling system for airport in association with the traffic police and the cab providers. So watch out for it the next time you need to travel to BIAL.


Ok now digressing a little from carpooling,

We noticed that most of us find ourselves short of interesting weekend break options, despite several actually being available.
We are in the process of launching a website which will try to solve just that.

We have tried to make this an extremely short and interesting survey and promise you it wouldn't take more than 2-3 minutes of your time, but it'll go a long way in building out a better solution which caters to your preferences.
Here is the link to the survey.
http://www.esurveyspro.com/Survey.aspx?id=c5bc9508-d2cb-4fc9-9d4d-b34a92eb33b2.

If its not too much trouble, do forward it to your friends as well.
Thanks for your continual support and feedback.
We look forward to receiving and incorporating more of your suggestions :)
Environmentally yours,
CE Team

CE UPdate: 28/08/2007

We realize its been a while since our last update.
So in case you were wondering if there is anything at all happening at your friendly neighborhood carpooling portal..

The answer is Lots!!

But we plan to make it interesting and give you the details of these as and when we go live with these features,

A sneak peek on whats coming your way..

1.For all of you, who complain about the time rigidity with pooling, you will love our new 'flexi pooling' concept. :)

2.Based on the suggestions of some users, we are in the process of implementing 'event pooling' for specific events.

3.And there are very interesting partnerships we are entering with the Bangalore Traffic Police and the highly innovative team at "Map Unity" (details coming soon).


But for now all we want to say is.. "AVOID HONKING!!!!!" :)

Yup!! We tried this experiment in our carpool while driving down to work today.

The test was to see "How far we could get without using the horn and without compromising on speed" .

We were blown by the results. We did 12.5 kms without a single honk !!

You will be stunned if you actually count the number of times you really need to honk during your entire journey.
If you dont trust us give it a shot today and report the results here -> commuteeasy.blogspot.com/


So convert as many people as possible into non-honkers and have a less ear jarring drive. It can make a difference.

Keep your suggestions/feedback coming in. We love it and do our best to react to it.

Environmentally yours,
CE Team

CE Newsletter- 28/03/2007

Ok. So whats new at Commute Easy?

1. People suggested that we send them a weekly list of new people joining their route so they wouldnt have to come back to the site every week to check this.
We will be doing that on a weekly basis starting April 1st. However for now we will send you a complete list of all your route sharers.You should find this pretty useful.

2. Another suggestion was to provide users an option to share their contact details(phone no/email Address)
This makes the process of contacting each other quicker.
By default your contact details will not be shared with others.However if you wish to make either of these visible,you can specify your preference in 'Edit Profile'

Now the exciting part..

Theres a new feature we are providing to promote pooling amongst corporates.
This will facilitate pooling amongst the employees of the same organisation.
It will be really valuable if you could speak to your HR about this. Please click here for details.

Partnerships:

We have tied up with 'Activ Mobs' to set up an sms facility that would increase the flexibility with pooling.
Click here for more details on this. This is quite interesting.

Promoting CE:

To promote Commute Easy,we have made some posters and bumper stickers which you can put up at your workplace/residential complex/car etc.Make sure you pick yours.This will really help in reaching out to more people.
You can check them out here.

More importantly, What really counts is that there have been a remarkable number of pools started through CommuteEasy over the last couple of months.
So its working:)

Thanks for all the support.
Environmentally yours,
CE Team :)

Commute easy is a free service and we wish to continue improving this based on your feedback/suggestions.So please keep them coming in :). YOU can post your comments at commuteeasy.blogspot.com or mail us at admin@commuteeasy.com

Kudos To BMTC

We all know that the public transport system in Bangalore has always left a lot to be desired.


However over the last few months BMTC has made incredible progress and is coming up with smart and innovative ideas to provide greater value to commuters.

The BMTC's initiative of plying Volvo buses has taken off remarkably well.

The buses are super comfortable.The routes covered and the frequency are poised to increase in the coming months.
For more info on the covered routes and times, click here.

Click here to have a look at BMTC's upcoming plans.

You could get complete information on all BMTC bus routes/timings here

Do express your views/suggestions. We will 'try' to put forth feasible solutions to the concerned officials :)

Yey!!! FLEXI pooling is here : SMS based pooling

One of the biggest complaints we hear about pooling is lack of flexibility.
To counter that we have come up with a novel solution.

We want to try this on a pilot basis on the Koramangala- Madivala - Electronic City route and so we are specifically sending this mail to you.


Ok Now for the 'Big' Idea :) BTW, This idea is valid for both poolers and non -poolers

how it will work..

Case 1
: You dont want to take your transport because:

• You wake up one fine day and dont feel like driving yourself.
  
• You would get late at work and and the company will provide transport late night.
  
  
• You want to have a couple of beers with friends at
  night and dont believe in drinking and driving. So dont want to take your own transport :)

All you need to do is :

Step 1: