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Ola and Uber Cabs Running Daily in Delhi NCR
Scope it first — questions to ask
- · Cabs only, or also autos and bikes on the apps? — Scope: 4-wheeler cabs only.
- · Registered vehicles or cabs actually on the road on a given day? — Scope: active on the road daily.
- · Delhi city or full NCR? — Scope: NCR urban core (Delhi + Gurgaon + Noida + Ghaziabad + Faridabad, ~3 crore people).
Assumptions on the table
- · NCR urban core population ≈ 30M; adults ≈ 70% → 21M — metro age structure skews older than national.
- · Smartphone penetration among metro adults ≈ 70% → ~15M.
- · ~30% of smartphone-owning adults take at least one app ride a month; average ~5 rides/month (office commutes, airport runs, nights out).
- · Cabs are ~60% of app rides; autos and bikes take the rest — cab share is higher in NCR than in most cities due to distances.
- · An active cab completes ~10 rides/day — full-timers do 12–14, part-timers pull the average down.
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