A mere week after launching its first motorbike-taxi service in Bangkok, Uber has launched similar services in Bengaluru. The service, uberMOTO, is currently being run on a pilot basis. Uber said in a press release. “uberMOTO enables riders to tap a button and get a motorbike ride in minutes. It’s a great way for people to save time and money on short trips and provides last-mile connectivity at the most affordable price—as low as Rs3 (four cents) per kilometre.” Uber’s competitor and India’s biggest taxi-hailing app, Ola shortly announced that it has also launched a bike-taxi service in Bengaluru. But Ola went a step further, offering rides at rates as low as Rs 2 per kilometre. Bengaluru, India’s information technology hub, is one of the most congested cities in the country, often crippled by traffic snarls. The average travel speed in the city rarely crosses an estimated 10 kilometres per hour. In the last four months, five bike-taxi services—Bikxie Pink, M-Taxi, N.O.W Bike Taxi, Rideji and Baxi—have begun operations in Gurgaon near New Delhi. In Bengaluru, Uber will take on Rapido, a bike-taxi-hailing app launched last October. Uber’s move to launch two-wheeler-taxi service comes a few months after it shut down its auto-rickshaw platform after merely seven months of operation.