To help tackle the air pollution in Egypt, Slyd is introducing an environmentally-cautious solution targeted at helping people commute the last-mile through their application. The last mile is considered the distance between your transportation vehicle stop and your desired destination. This phenomenon gave birth to Slyd. Co-founder Alaa Shalabi shares how the idea came to life. “From my pervious experience working at Careem, we always had this hypothesis that mass transportation is a big gap in the region that needs to be fulfilled,” he said, “As I was working on ‘Careem Bus’ project (Careem bus) I found a gap: if people wanted to leave their cars at home and use mass transportation private or public, they are extremely hindered because there are no first and last stop solutions.” According to Shalabi, this causes major inconvenience for riders who are unable to find means of commuting to or from their desired destination. While the scooters are often a vehicle that people use for fun rather than a mode of transport, countries in Europe and Asia have popularized the vehicle for commuting purposes. To learn more how these countries were able to…
Introducing a New Environmentally Friendly Mode of Transportation using Scooters, Slyd
April 8, 2019
