Ola Bike travels to hinterlands, expands to 150 cities with 300,000 riders

Karnataka may have put a stop to the operations of its bike taxis in lack of a proper policy to govern those, but ride-hailing major Ola, which is one of the earliest players to launch this mode of commuting, is seeing huge growth elsewhere, especially in smaller cities and towns across several states.

The Bengaluru-headquartered firm now claims Ola Bike has expanded to over 150 cities across the country, with a network of over 300,000 bike-partners. The firm is aiming to grow threefold in the next 12 months.

Karnataka was one of the first few states, including Haryana (Gurugram and Faridabad) and Rajasthan, where the Bhavish Aggarwal-run company launched bike taxi services in 2016.