Challenges in the Urban transportation space

Urban transportation planning is a part of the larger urban planning and development initiatives of the government. Urban transportation directly impacts how a city supports business growth and aids in their logistics management in a conducive manner.

Increased urbanization means more people flock to cities from small towns. This has also resulted in increased aspirations of the average city-dwelling consumer. The supply of good urban infrastructure hasn’t really kept up with growing demand. Logistics companies in Bangalore are struggling to maintain service standards despite facing hostile road infrastructure every day. Transport and logistics is made to pay for this anomaly. Millions of rupees are lost everyday due to trucks getting stuck in traffic trying to enter major cities.

Urban transportation should be seen from the prism of urban growth. Since most cities are congested already, improvements in traffic management, higher taxes can be imposed to curb snarls. But these don’t help in the long run

The problem is rather peculiar for logistics and transportation companies indulging in pickup and delivery of goods across the city. It also compounds issues for movers and packers within Bangalore as they’re hit the most due to traffic snarls. Transport and logistics companies have to work around innovative ways to overcome these issues. Some schedule pickups in the night to avoid traffic during the night. Packers n movers in Bangalore also follow similar strategies.

Local logistics players that supply goods vehicle for hire in Bangalore are increasingly moving to demand based model where pickup and delivery service happens purely on demand. This reduces chances of inefficiencies & improves profitability

Instavans relies on technology tools to track traffic & demand so that pickups are planned dynamically. Though poor urban infrastructure is something we have to live with, we could improve our processes to mitigate our losses