Bengaluru’s Final Destination - Bike Taxi
- IJLLR Journal
- Nov 9, 2025
- 1 min read
Nidhi M. Patil, Advocate, Karnataka High Court
ABSTRACT
This short essay focuses on Bike taxis being the ultimate solution to Bengaluru’s biggest problem- traffic congestion. While being the Tech Capital and housing some of the world’s largest Tech Companies, should Bengaluru wait on creation of additional infrastructure and ring roads or access easier and accessible options such as bike taxis to bridge the last mile connectivity? Based on report formulated by KPMG, 2024 and as a common man travelling through the roads of Bengaluru every day, insights are offered as to why the Bike Taxi could be the ultimate solution to the traffic woes.
Introduction
Ranked at No. 03 in 2024 as the most congested city in the World, the average travel time for a Bangalorean to travel 10 Kms is 34 minutes. Crowned as the “Silicon Valley of Asia”, it headquarters six of the top IT Companies and is home to more than four hundred global companies including Apple, Meta and Microsoft having their R&D centres driving innovation and solving global problems. But can the existing civic infrastructure of Bengaluru continue to house these corporations and aid in solving global problems while navigating its own domestic challenges?
Recently, Biocon Chairperson (@kiranshaw) took on to X (formerly called Twitter) to share her experience on how an overseas business visitor expressed concerns over the bad roads and garbage. The striking question? “Doesn’t the Govt. want to support investment?”. This was not taken lightly by the Deputy CM D. K. Shivakumar, who expressed hurt over such criticism. The Govt. is failing each day to provide better infrastructure and better quality of life to its tax paying citizens.
