Bengaluru, January 16, 2016: Delhiites turn to Twitter for a variety of reasons — keeping up with news, making themselves heard during the state election, and expressing their love for the city they live in. Starting today, they can also use Twitter to access real-time information about public transport to plan their travel routes. As the odd-even car-driving scheme started on January 1st 2016, the public’s reliance on public transportation will increase.
To support Delhi Government’s odd-even car-driving scheme, Twitter India has partnered with Delhi Transport Department (@TransportDelhi) and the Delhi Government to launch #PollutionFreeDelhi, a service that will help users with live, real-time information on bus and metro route options with a single Tweet. With this implementation, users will receive real-time information on shortest routes, options of public transport available between these two points, fare details, traffic situation, and current weather conditions.
How does it work? Tweet your origin and destination to @TransportDelhi and you’ll get real-time information on shortest routes, options of public transport available between these two points, fare details, traffic situation, and current weather conditions. If you want to keep your location & travel details private you can send a Direct Message to @TransportDelhi and receive the information privately.
Tweet format:
#PollutionFreeDelhi origin to destination
Example:
#PollutionFreeDelhi Okhla Phase 3 to Connaught Place
As the campaign launched on Twitter, Delhi Chief Minister Mr. Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) Tweeted in support
Embeddable Tweet:https://twitter.com/ArvindKejriwal/status/682587692660490240
Delhi public transport info service via @TransportDelhi is live now.
Let's work together for a #PollutionFreeDelhi. pic.twitter.com/ZouKrwkBS2— Transport for Delhi (@TransportDelhi) December 31, 2015
Raheel Khursheed, Head of News & Government Partnerships at Twitter India, said “Twitter is where people come to for real time information. It is the obvious platform for Delhi Govt to turn to, to address the information vacuum around public transport as Delhiites work to make the dream of #PollutionFreeDelhi a success.”
The department Tweeted the format to many users to ease their search for public transport routes:
Embeddable Tweet: https://twitter.com/TransportDelhi/status/683910922742583296
Over the last few days, the Delhi Transport account has been flooded by queries.
Embeddable Tweet: https://twitter.com/TransportDelhi/status/683915131122667524
Embeddable Tweet: https://twitter.com/TransportDelhi/status/683560706063519744
Twitter is witnessing many conversations on the #OddEvenMovement and#PollutionFreeDelhi
Embeddable Tweet:https://twitter.com/kris_kishor/status/683893541219729408
Embeddable Tweet: https://twitter.com/arunodayprakash/status/683124291529920512
EmbeddableTweet:https://twitter.com/arunodayprakash/status/682866836069720064
Embeddable Tweet:https://twitter.com/richaanirudh/status/682070035267895296
To know more about the ongoing conversations and to get real-time updates, one can follow the following hashtags #OddEvenFormula, #OddEvenMovement,#FollowOddEven #PollutionFreeDelhi
Corporate Comm India(CCI Newswire)
