Uber on Wednesday released its analysis from the trips in 2023 and revealed that Delhi-NCR recorded the highest number of trips, followed by Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune, and Kolkata.
Mumbai beat the national capital in terms of the most late-night trips booked, while Kolkata indulged in weekend travel the most. Residents of Delhi NCR used Uber for their work commute the most among all cities, and had the highest number of office-hour trips booked, the app-based cab aggregator shared in a press release.
"Uber trips during the year covered a record 6.8 billion kilometers, which is enough to traverse the entire 6.37-million-kilometer road network in India more than a thousand times over, or nearly thrice everyday," the company stated.
Other interesting observations include:
1.) Most Uber trips were booked between 6 pm and 7 pm.
2.) The most popular day of the week for booking an Uber was Saturday.
3.) The travel month of December has seen the highest number of rides being booked in a single month, with Durga Puja and Christmas weekend being the most popular days in terms of number of trips booked.
4.) The period between 4 am and 5 am saw the highest number of Uber Reserve trips being booked to airports, with riders across the country not wanting to risk missing their first alarm.
5.) Uber Bus saw 74,000 first-time users experience the ease of booking a seat on a mass transit product through an app.
6.) Mumbai’s favorite weekend getaway Lonavala was the most frequented tourist destination in 2023 using the popular Uber Intercity.
7.) Indians traveled 64 million kilometers in EVs through the year, spending a total of 3.9 million hours, helping contain carbon emissions and building a greener future.
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