6. Tootle Today
ï New initiative
ï Easy way of getting and giving
rides
ï Not something for free
ï Charges
ï 8 A.M. â 8 P.M.
ï Google play Store
8. Context
â 3.5 million public transport users
â Risk Riding in public Transport
â 2 million registered bikes in Nepal
â 400 thousand bikes runs on the street of
Kathmandu on daily basis
â Most of the backseat of those bikes are empty
10. Problem/Issues of traffic
management
â Can shared riding be the possible solution to
the traffic problem in Kathmandu
â Diverse consumers behavior in the shared riding
â Economic and Technical possibility
â Are such rides secure
12. Methodology
â Approached different methodology to
collect the information about the traffic
congestion of and ride sharing in
Kathmandu.
â Collected information from 2 sources:
â Primary Source
â Secondary Source
13. Primary Source
â Provides direct or firsthand evidence about
an event, object, person, or work of art.
â For our research, the primary source of
information was from the interview with
Sixit Bhatta, Founder, CEO of Tootle,
15. Primary Source
â prepared some questionnaire and take an
interview.
â What is the inspiration to start this innovative
product? (Founded, Members, Problems at
beginning)
â What are the technologies used? (Platform, Servers,
In-house/outsource, rider tracking algorithm)
16. Continued
â What are the limitation with current technology?
(Driver authenticity, False alarm)
â How do you get the information about the traffic
system of Kathmandu?
â How can your application help in controlling traffic
congestion?
17. Secondary Sources
â Moreover, we studied different journal posted in
the blogs and different newspaper article for our
secondary information.
â Some of the journals are:
â Do Ride-sharing Services Affect Traffic
Congestion? An Empirical Study of Uber Entry
â Mitigating Traffic Congestion: Solving the Ride-
Matching Problem by Bee Colony Optimization
19. Analysis and finding
â After collection of information from different
sources, we analyze those information and deduce
some results.
â The major findings are:
â Traffic Congestion
â Narrower Road
â Ride Sharing, a solution
20. Traffic Congestion
â Major problem that Kathmandu
valley is currently facing.
â There are about 5321 Public
vehicles including Tempo,
Micro Bus, Mini Bus, Large Bus
â There are more than 5600 taxis
â People are preferring taxis than
other public transportation
22. Ride Sharing, a solution
â Carpooling and Ride Sharing
can minimize the traffic
congestion problem.
â Public are using tootle
application and Ride sharing
â According to Sixit Bhatta, CEO,
they have successfully achieve
their mission to minimize the
traffic congestion.
24. Solution
â Ride sharing can be one of the solution for the current traffic problem
since it would help in the reduction of traffics on the road.
â Consumer have also started to prefer tootle; tootle being more effective
and convenient during emergency times.
â They have greatly focused in positive marketing which would help in change
of customer behavior.
â Yes, the rides are secure since the riders connected with tootle needs to
follow the set terms and conditions.
26. Growth and Future Ride
Sharing
â At 1st month they had around 1 thousand ride, which is increased to 30
thousand rides per month in recent times.
â For the future the have plans to increase their service area to other cities
like Pokhara, Biratnagar etc.
â They hope to decrease the use of public vehicles like taxi in the coming
future.
â They also hope to increase their field to four wheelers instead of just the
two wheelers.