Yesterday’s autorikshaw strike in Mumbai hit the city hard and many had to suffer long waits or long walks in the excruciating heat to reach their destinations. The bright side was that more Mumbaikars became aware of carpooling through #MumCarPool on Twitter, started by us on Sunday to help people coordinate and a also new free service called Smart Mumbaikar was enabled.

Ola Cabs, one of many phone fleet taxi services in Mumbai put up a blog post on …