ride shillong: meghalaya launches first public e-bike sharing system
Shillong, August 12, 2025: Meghalaya’s hill capital has rolled out its first-ever Public Electric Bicycle Sharing (PBS) System—Ride Shillong—with Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma and fitness icon Milind Soman leading the charge in a spirited cycling rally. The launch, backed by Indo-German cooperation under the SUM-ACA project, marks the beginning of a bigger push toward sustainable mobility. A Pedal Forward for Ride Shillong The pilot phase has introduced 20 e-bikes stationed at the SMB Parking Lot, opposite the SBI Main Branch. Users can unlock the bikes via the Ride Shillong mobile app, paying a refundable...
𝗔𝗻 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗟𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗵𝗶 𝗕𝘆: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘆 𝗗𝗼𝗴𝘀 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗦𝗲𝗲, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗥𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗿
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