At Cityflo, we use Amazon Web Services (AWS) for all of our tech infrastructure requirements. We majorly use services such as EC2, RDS, ElastiCache, Lambda, S3, Cloudwatch, and ECS. Before diving deep into the infrastructure, let's talk a little bit about the traffic pattern at Cityflo. Our services…
Have you also noticed traffic jams with no apparent cause? No accident, no stalled vehicles, no lanes closed for construction. You inch along for tens — sometimes hundreds — of metres while waiting to see the accident which might have caused the jam. And suddenly, the traffic disappears and all vehicles speed…
Office hours is an urban phrase that is universally stress inducing. It’s effects are the closest that we have gotten to teleportation. Just mentioning office hours transports us into the smoke, heat, and all round acidic stimuli, of noisy, choked streets. For a country that spends more time commuting…
Cityflo has launched bus services on a new route that covers Borivali, Kandivali, Malad and Goregaon (along the Western Express Highway) to BKC. Keep reading for more details. The route Pickup stops in the western suburbs Dahisar: Kandarpada Borivali: IC Colony, Devidas Lane, Aura Hotel, Don Bosco High School, Chikuwadi,…
Alok Singh leads Operations at Cityflo. Here, he takes us through what Cityflo has been up to, during the pandemic. The pandemic On 23rd March, the country closed its doors to a normal social life. I welcomed it. It was nice not to have to step out every day. For…
Last weekend, I sat down to write about Cityflo’s journey to getting a certification for being a ‘Safe Way to Travel’. For some reason, however, it did not seem to capture everything I wanted to share with you. Until now, that is. I realised it was just as important,…
The lockdown in Mumbai has only slowed down the spread of the coronavirus in our cities, not eradicated it. As restrictions relax, please stay safe and travel only if necessary. The world is changing dramatically, and with it, our habits are changing too. Working from home, sanitising ourselves several times…
The idea of working in a high energy startup environment has always intrigued me. It is fascinating to see people fuelling all of their vigors towards building an idea against all the odds to create value. The unparalleled energetic team spirit, the occasional adrenaline rush, the excitement of making it,…