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PMP’s 217 routs are indicated by colors; Passengers will get rout information through QR code in the bus

Most of the PMP routes are now fixed according to the color code. In 90 days from Diwali, passengers will be able to get information about the PMP through maps at major stops, stations, and depots. The work of erecting the billboards will start from Friday, said PMP president and managing director Dr. Rajendra Jagtap gave a press conference on Thursday.

Pune: You need a bus on the Municipal Corporation-Bhosari route, now look at the brown color board and travel … This color will also be visible to the passengers on the schedule, PMP Care app. Similarly, 207 routes in the city have been included in 15 colors. Not only this, the Q-R code affixed on the bus and on all four sides will also provide information about the starting point of the bus, the last stop, and all the bus stops on that route on the mobile.

Most of the PMP routes are now fixed according to the color code. In 90 days from Diwali, passengers will be able to get information about the PMP through maps at major stops, stations, and depots. The work of erecting the billboards will start from Friday, said PMP president and managing director Dr. Rajendra Jagtap gave a press conference on Thursday. Co-Managing Director Chetana Kerure, Transport Manager Dattatreya Zende, and others were present on the occasion. PMP is the only transport company in the country to use color and QR code bus routes. The color coding is modeled on the London Metro, he added. This initiative is being implemented under Karisma (Color Coding All Roots to Identify Simplify Map and App).

QR code information

The K-R code will be affixed in two places on the inside of the bus as well as on the outside of the bus. Passengers will also get information about the starting point of the bus, the last stop, and all the bus stops on that route after scanning the QR code using the scanner on their mobile. It will also include the toll number of the PMP. Earlier, PMP’s bus had only route numbers. But, new passengers were not getting information about the stops. Now color coding and QR code will be used for this, informed Jagtap.

The 2017 routes in the city have been given 15 colors namely red, black, blue, purple, green, pigeon, pink, parrot, brown, sky, yellow, algae, gray, khaki, peacock, orange, crimson. Stickers of those colors will be affixed on the bus. Jagtap said that some students of design courses, Yogesh Riswadkar of Edge Creations for logos, “Sustainability Initiative” for maps have collaborated.

Local maps

Each of the PMP buses will have information boards on the lines of locals, first stop, last stop, total bus stops, etc. This work will be completed in a month. This will give passengers information about stops. The PMP Care app will also have information on color code routes, maps, etc. This will make it easier for passengers to travel, said Kerure, PMP’s co-manager.

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