Shuttle

SDG 5: Gender equalitySDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • Original Title: শাটেল
  • Year: 2019
  • Award: WSA Young Innovators
  • Category: Young Innovators
  • Producer: Reyasat Chowdhury, Jawwad Jahangir and Shah Sufian Mahmud Chowdhury.
  • Country: Bangladesh
  • URL: http://www.shuttlebd.com/

Shuttle is an app based pick & drop service only for women that aims to provide safe, affordable, and comfortable transportation for all women in Bangladesh. Shuttle provide the service in air-conditioned mini vans where 10-11 women can commute together which makes the service very affordable. To ensure utmost passenger safety, service includes a trip manager in every vehicle. All Shuttle drivers and trip managers are trained and verified and the vehicles are always under CCTV surveillance.