Group 5: CommUtopia

An integrated application for faster, cleaner, greener, and stress-free travel in Mumbai

1. What is your most basic assumption about how your industry works?

At present, there is no integrated system in place that addresses the transport needs and problems of commuters. Though there are GPRS systems that provide some information, they are not very user friendly and have limited capabilities.

2.Now, what possible event or innovation could change that by 2020?

• An application that maps all city transport networks and integrates with a central control system

• An application that can be run on any device—platform independent

• An application that is commercially viable

3. What would the next iPad or equivalent for your industry look like?

CommuUtopia is an application with the following capabilities:

• Predicts potholes that are within a distance of 10 meters of the vehicle

• Identifies traffic rules violation when a person driving the vehicle jumps a signal or violates lane discipline

• Provides directions to a location using easy to identify landmarks, real-time updates on the timings of public transport, real-time updates on traffic situations

• Assists in making quick and effective decisions for car-pooling such that the user get updated information with whom s/he is car pooling when the user provides details of time and destination

• Assists in renting bicycles such that users can find out if cycles are available at a particular location. They do not have to worry about dropping it back to the point from where it was picked up

4. Name the job title for your industry that doesn’t exist now but might in 2020.

CEO, CommUtopia

Titles for each department head:

Pothole Predictor

Roaducator

Travel Jockey

Cycle wallah Michael

Bike wallah Mike

5. News Headline

- Dombivili to Colaba in 15 minutes! Another victory for CommUtopia

- Standard of living highest in Mumbai, CommUtopia at it again!

- CommUtopia founders retire rich after selling stake to BMC