In conclusion
Humanised messages for each scenario explaning why they cannot park at certain places. We had a ground team which geo fenced properties in Bangalore, leading to less and less invalid parking. If we detect a hub near their final destination, we would encourage them to park it there and earn an reward.
Based on your location, the system will warn you about the availability of parking. The system will also populate a list of closet parking spots within the radius.
CONFIRM still exists despite your final destination not being parking friendly because we let them drop the scooter anywhere. They can still book the bike.
Bottom to top approach. Unlike UBER and OLA destination isn't the primary force. It is the availability of bike near you. Destination doesn’t matter as much as you can drop it anywhere. All vital stats are within reach. Helmet, Fuel and Bluetooth is conveyed along with offers on bike.
Design Process
Mobility is a fundamental right. We started with the vision to provide anyone with a DL a chance to move in and around the city. Educating the user about how to use the bike was a bigger challenge as majority of the people who use it are immigrants to this city and need a quick way to move around. Based on heavy User Research we started iterating and experimenting with the design. With limited real estate, squeezing all the information across the board was one of the biggest challenges. Also, nobody has solved the problem before meaning reference points were low and the mobile and bike need to be in sync for a smooth UX. This also meant heavy behavior shaping so people can treat Bounce bike like they own the bike.
Problem Statement
Every year more than 1.5 crore driving licenses are issued across India. Make an affordable rental bike service with ease of use which only requires DL to sign up. Empower the user with letting them drop the bike anywhere and let another user use it after that, thus reducing the need for 2 vehicles on the road.
The UX will not be just confined to the mobile screen. Design for a user who will experience it mobile first and then will need to use the bike to travel. This is tricky as you need to educate them about the safety, road regulations, how to operate the bike and cancel it in case the bike is not deemed fit for travel.
Carrot and Stick - Behaviour Shaping
Once they feed the final destination, our system will warn them about the parking issues with their final destination. We leveraged
any data to tell them how they should park in better places and highlighted every red zone in Bangalore.
Designing to decongest cities while empowering people with technology
Bluetooth is the way to go
Bikes are equipped with LoRa (Long Range) Bluetooth which controls almost everything on the bike. The challenge is to
have a UX with no coach marks to book the bike and seamlessly use the application and the bike.