City needs to put in place strong disincentives (like creating car-free areas) discouraging the use of personal conveyance.

'We cannot solve our problems with the same technology and lifestyles that created them.' - Albert Einstein

The high ownership, low cost and easy use of bicycles make the bicycle a desirable mode of transport for many of the trips made in cities.

Mutiple Ecocab call centres, strategically placed, ensure that an ecocab takes a caller from any of over 13,000 households to his destination (within 3 km) in 10 minutes.

The new Eco-cab phone-in system provides ready services to residents and an improved livelihood option for rickshaw-walas.