The Mo Bus service of Odisha’s Capital Region Urban Transport (CRUT) authority has been recognised by the United Nations as one of 10 global recipients of its annual Public Service Awards for 2022.
- The public transport service has been recognised for its role in promoting gender-responsive public services to achieve the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals).
- As per UN, Mo Bus has incorporated real-time technologies like live tracking, travel planner and e-ticketing, and an e-rickshaw system called ‘Mo E-Ride’ has been introduced as a last-mile feeder service.
- Mo E-Ride is estimated to reduce pollution by 30-50 per cent. Also, 40 per cent of Mo Bus conductors are women and 100 percent of Mo E-Ride drivers are women, transgender people, and people from disadvantaged communities.
- The Mo Bus service was launched on November 6, 2018 to ensure transformation of the urban public transport scenario in the city and its hinterland through use of smart technology, service benchmarking and customer satisfaction.
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