Tag: Mobility

Urban Mobility in a post-Covid world

bounceshare June 27, 2020 0 Comments
In a panel discussion with YourStory, our CEO & Co-founder, Vivekananda Hallakere spoke to Dr CN Ashwath Narayan, Deputy Chief Minister, Karnataka; Sudeept Maiti, Senior Manager, WRI India; and Pawan Mulukutla, Urban Mobility Expert; about the key measures we need to adopt to commute safely in a post-COVID world.  “In India, the problem is infrastructure and space. To change this, we...

Tales from the Lockdown – By your Bounce Scooter

bounceshare June 23, 2020 0 Comments
Is it just me or has it really been a really long summer? Well, I am glad that it’s over now but I have to admit, I missed being on the roads. While it was difficult to stay away, I am excited to finally bounce back. But there’s an uninvited guest who has everyone’s attention. Wherever I go, all I hear is ‘Corona’. I am not sure what exactly it is but from what I can make of it is that...

An all-weather protector – The Humble Helmet

bounceshare May 27, 2020 0 Comments
We’re all aware of the great Nostradamus and his prophecies. But there’s one thing that even he couldn’t have predicted. It was that we would take safety seriously only when staying safe would be the only option left to live. COVID-19 has forced us to adapt & co-exist with the ‘new normal’. Maintaining social distancing, implementing best health practices, and stepping out only...

Changing the landscape of Indian economy – #VocalForLocal

bounceshare May 15, 2020 0 Comments
How do you define ‘vision?’ Is it the foresight to see things clearer than others or the ability to plan for the future better than others? Implementing a vision involves laying out a blueprint after carefully assessing the risks and rewards in the current and future scenarios. Then, creating a list of goals to accomplish it. On the 12th of May 2020, PM Modi addressed the nation on a wide...

Taking Scooter safety to the next level – Our sanitization drive

bounceshare May 12, 2020 2 Comments
After nearly two months in the abyss, we will now be able to step-out, gradually if not in full-flow. The government has relaxed the anti-lockdown measures in zones that have seen considerable improvement so that we can slowly return to normal life. So, where does that leave us? Raring to go, vying to move again. But it’s best we do by acknowledging the elephant in the room, COVID-19. The...

Introducing Bounce ScooterHero – Using citizens’ vehicles for frontline workers

bounceshare April 30, 2020 0 Comments
The ‘new normal’, life under COVID-19 has been challenging in more ways than one. For starters, we have been confined indoors and have to maintain social distancing but what has really crippled us in this hour of need is a lack of choice, a recourse, an option to commute. Public transportation services have been rolled back. Mobility options are limited. But we aren’t the only ones bearing...

Cometh the hour, cometh the man – The rise of a Hero during COVID-19

bounceshare April 22, 2020 0 Comments
“Discover the joy of living and you will discover the reason for living” - Mark Victor Hansen There comes a time when we start looking beyond the template of our lives. The routine, the over-indulgence, the things we must-have. What were once the pre-requisites, now look mundane. But have we ever wondered why? Sometimes we brush our lives with a trigger, a life-changing anecdote that...

Connected – Engaged – Indoors. Here’s how our Bounce family is coping with the lockdown

bounceshare April 17, 2020 0 Comments
If we could turn back the clock by two months, the world would have a different setting. It would be business as usual in most parts of India. People everywhere, chaos, traffic, crowded bazaars, hustle, and bustle - they all would continue to form this visual that our country is known by, ‘crowded’. But then, flash forward to reality. The Coronavirus poses one of the most complex challenges...