Bengaluru, 9th July 2019: Uber, the world’s largest personal mobility company, today announced a partnership with Bangalore Political Action Committee (B.PAC), citizen's group working to improve governance and to enhance the quality of life of every citizen in Bengaluru city.
Uber’s commitment to drive positive impact in communities combined with its vision of smart and shared mobility forms the backbone of this partnership. Over the course of the next few months, B.PAC will curate an awareness and research under B.MOBILE program to bring the benefits of sustainable mobility to citizens of Bengaluru.
The partnership aims to address issues of critical importance such as traffic congestion, sustainable and green transportation for the city along with policy suggestions to reduce individual car ridership and improving asset utilization for efficient, reliable and affordable mobility solutions.
Commenting on the partnership, Ann Lavin, Senior Director of Public Policy & Government Relations, Uber, APAC, said, “Uber is constantly forging innovative partnerships to redefine urban mobility across the world by understanding market dynamics and creating offerings that provide smart solutions for our consumers. With our engagement with B.PAC, we are confident to facilitate dialogue amongst stakeholders to discuss the mobility challenges of the city and find workable solutions. Together, we aim to move a step closer to transforming the mobility ecosystem with sustainable solutions.”
Sharing her views on this partnership, Revathy Ashok, Managing Trustee & CEO, B.PAC said, “We thank Uber for extending the support to our “Sustainable Mobility for All” initiative under our B.MOBILE program. With this partnership, B.PAC will shortly be engaging with various stakeholders through a series of workshops and meetings along with elected representatives, and administrators. Our goal would be to find a good meeting ground between new mobility solutions and existing forms of mobility powered by technology.”
About Uber
Uber’s mission is to create opportunity through movement. We started in 2010 to solve a simple problem: how do you get access to a ride at the touch of a button? More than 10 billion trips later, we're building products to get people closer to where they want to be. By changing how people, food, and things move through cities, Uber is a platform that opens up the world to new possibilities.
About B.PAC
Bangalore Political Action Committee (B.PAC) is a non-partisan citizen's group that aims to improve governance in Bengaluru and to enhance the quality of life of every citizen.
B.PAC is specifically targeting good governance practices, integrity and transparency in all arms of the government, improving the quality of infrastructure in the city, identification and support of strong candidates for public office at all levels of governance in Bengaluru city.
B.MOBILE is B.PAC’s mobility initiative that works on research, policy advocacy, stakeholder awareness in the areas of sustainable mobility, shared/pooled mobility, non-motorised transit, para transit including related planning and infrastructure needs for providing seamless and integrated first, middle and last mile connectivity to citizens of Bengaluru.
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