, , , ,

India on the go 2017: Which was the slowest city?

Transportation services provider Ola has revealed several telling facts on mobility patterns in Indian cities in 2017. A summary in five interesting infographics

If you were to ask any commuter in any Indian city about their daily pet peeve, it would be the time spent in traffic.

And now, Ola, the new age mobility platform serving 110 cities with 8 lakh vehicles on the roads has presented a year-end glimpse of ‘how India commuted’ based on their records.

Some highlights from the top seven cities – Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi, Hyderabad, Pune, Kolkata, and Chennai:

  • Total average traffic speed dropped by a whopping 2.9km/hr with Bangalore registering the slowest at 17.2km/hour
  • Ola Share has saved 4 times the fuel from last year, telling of the high customer adoption rate
  • Delhi tops as the city that shares the most
  • 666 years worth of time has been spent in engaging with Ola Play, consuming 480 TB of data every month
  • Ola Outstation has covered India’s road length 53 times, covering 17.35 cr kms across 800 destinations

Here’s a more detailed look at the mobility patterns in our cities, in five interesting infographs:

[All information and graphics here have been taken from a Press Note issued by Ola, and published here with minimal edits]

Comments:

  1. Amith says:

    Despite Namma Metro’s Phase One becoming operational, Bangalore’s traffic speeds have slowed down. Outlines the necessity for faster construction of phase two of Metro and introduction of suburban rail.
    Lazy Governments could not care less!

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Similar Story

A commuter’s reality check: One evening on Sarjapur Road

A long-time resident’s commute on Sarjapur Road shows how Bengaluru’s dream of walkable spaces and reliable transport remains out of reach.

For someone living in the suburbs along Sarjapur Road, the promise of “public transport and walkable Bengaluru” still feels like a distant dream. I was once a regular commuter on Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation's (BMTC) 500EB (Electronics City–KR Puram) route for nearly six months. But by 2024, I had given up — worn out by unreliable service and unsafe pedestrian crossings, especially at Doddanekundi (Bagmane Constellation). I switched to driving, like most others in my neighbourhood. On November 7th, 2025, I decided to give public transport another chance. The morning trial I started around 8.30 am, optimistic about using the…

Similar Story

Are Chennai’s bus stops and terminals truly accessible? A reality check

On World Disability Day, we examine how MoRTH guidelines expose gaps; Chennai bus stops still fail persons with disabilities in basic accessibility.

Fifty-five-year-old Gnana Bharathi, a scientist at the Central Leather Research Institute and a wheelchair user for over two decades, rarely takes the bus anymore. Chennai’s bus stops and termini, he says, are designed in a way that makes independent travel “nearly impossible”— from reaching the stop safely, to getting onto the platform and finally boarding the bus — without physical risk. So, when the Greater Chennai Corporation declared the Vivekananda House Bus Stop on Kamarajar Salai as an accessible, ‘model bus stop’, he decided to try it.“When I arrived at the location in my wheelchair, I couldn’t even access the…