TheCabPool

Find commuters. Book any cab.
Share fare.

We help you find people going your way. Together you agree on Pickup and Dropoff points, book the cab from Uber, Ola or whoever you like, and split the fare at the end. That's it.

By continuing you confirm you are 18 or older and agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.

Three commuters sharing a licensed yellow-plate taxi through an Indian city

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TheCabPool installs to your home screen and uses your location to find co-riders nearby. Scan this to open it on your phone.

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How it works

  1. Set your route

    Where you are leaving from, and where you are going.

  2. See who matches

    Co-riders heading the same way, within your hour.

  3. Connect and agree

    Both sides opt in, then chat to fix a meeting point.

  4. Share one cab

    Book a yellow-plate cab together and split the fare after.

Why this one is different

  • Free, and not a marketplace

    No commission, no ads, no premium tier. We sit outside the money entirely.

  • You are a passenger, never a driver

    No car needed. You are not offering rides - you are splitting one.

  • Legal by design

    Licensed yellow-plate cabs only. This is not carpooling in private vehicles.

  • Nobody contacts you uninvited

    A co-rider can only message you after you have accepted them.

  • Your number stays yours

    Chat happens in the app. Your phone number is never shown to anyone.

  • Verified, and on the record

    Connecting needs a verified mobile number, and chats are kept six months.

  • You are never permanently listed

    A search makes you visible for 60 minutes, then you disappear on your own.

  • Installs without a store

    Add it to your home screen. No Play Store, no download, no updates to chase.

Why it is legal, in one paragraph

Between 2017 and 2019 several states banned shared rides like UberPool. In 2023-24 private carpooling apps were stopped too, because a private white-plate vehicle may not be used commercially. What remains permitted is passengers sharing a yellow-plate commercial cab and splitting the fare between themselves. That is exactly, and only, what TheCabPool helps you do. We operate no vehicles, employ no drivers, dispatch nothing and never touch your money.

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About TheCabPool

Why TheCabPool Exists

Cities like Bengaluru, with a population of 11 million, have the highest vehicle density among major Indian cities. With around 12.5 million vehicles, the city has more vehicles than residents. The average speed on roads is just 15 km/h.

In addition to heavy traffic, there is a shortage of cabs, and fares for short distances are often exorbitant. Commuters are often forced to add a 30-40% tip on top of inflated surge prices during peak hours, as drivers otherwise decline ride requests.

What Happened to UberPool & OlaShare?

Between 2017 and 2019, several state governments banned ride-sharing services like UberPool and OlaShare. The reason: cab aggregators operate with "contract carriage permits," which allow point-to-point transportation without stopovers. Multiple pickups/drops were treated as "stage carriage" — reserved for buses.

In 2023-24, private carpooling apps like BlaBlaCar and QuickRide were also prohibited because non-transport vehicles (white number plates) are not permitted for commercial use.

What IS Permitted?

Individual customers are allowed to share fares with co-passengers when using yellow-plated cabs. In October 2023, the Bengaluru Transport Department confirmed: "Carpooling in vehicles with yellow number plates is permitted."

Sources: India Today · Business Standard · LiveMint · Citizen Matters

How TheCabPool Works (Legally)

TheCabPool helps commuters connect with fellow passengers who share similar routes and schedules. Once a group is formed and mutual trust is established, one passenger books a yellow-number-plated cab for the entire group. The fare is split among passengers after the ride.

This is perfectly legal — two strangers who meet and decide to travel together from Point A to Point B in a commercially licensed vehicle, without multiple stops, is within contract carriage permit rules.

Benefits for Commuters

Real example: At 9:11 PM on Sep 16, 2024, Uber rates from Bagmane Constellation Business Park to HSR Layout were:

  • Moto (Bike): ₹159
  • UberGo: ₹220
  • Uber Auto: ₹225
  • UberXL (most comfortable): ₹330

If 3 people share an UberXL: ₹110 per person — 31% less than a Moto ride, in the most comfortable option!

And during peak hours when drivers decline rides? A group of 3 can offer a 21% tip — making the total ₹400. Split three ways, that's ₹133 per person — still below the ₹159 Moto fare, but in a premium cab. The driver now earns ₹400 instead of the base ₹330, making them far more likely to accept. These riders wouldn't have booked individual cabs at surge prices — so it's demand that wouldn't have existed otherwise. Win-win: commuters pay less than a Moto, drivers earn more than base fare.

Fare Splitting Suggestion

For 4 passengers:

  • Front seat: 30% of total fare
  • Back window seats: 25% each
  • Back middle seat: 20% of total fare

For 2-3 passengers: Split equally.

This is just a suggestion. You are free to decide among yourselves.

Benefits for Cab Drivers

With fare splitting making cabs more affordable, demand for cabs increases. Even if prices rise from ₹330 to ₹400, the cost per person (3 passengers) is still only ₹133 — competitive with autos. This creates a win-win: more ride requests for drivers, lower costs for commuters.

Rules of Usage

⚠️ Warning

  1. This app is intended to find fellow passengers with whom you can meet and choose a suitable commercial transport and split fare post journey. As per regulations, you are not supposed to offer a ride in your own private (white-plate) vehicle. This is not a carpooling service.
  2. You are not supposed to harass or use foul language with any user over chat.
  3. We advise against sharing your phone number, email or other contact details until you actually trust the other person. It is your choice, not a rule — but read why it matters below.
  4. Failing to comply with above rules can invite penalties and litigation.

Detailed Rules

🚫 Do NOT offer rides in your own vehicle

You can only be a passenger without a vehicle, searching for another passenger who wants to travel in the same direction and split auto/cab costs. This is NOT a carpooling service.

Offering rides in your private (white-plate) vehicle in exchange for money is prohibited in India. If you do it here, we may report you to the Transport Department or other appropriate authority.

⚠️ Think before sharing your contact details

Exchanging a phone number with someone you are about to share a cab with is sometimes genuinely useful, and we will not ban you for it. But do it only once you have a reason to trust the person, and not before you have agreed to travel together.

Here is what you give up. Chats here are kept for six months even after you delete them, so if something goes wrong the conversation can be retrieved, reviewed, and given to an authority when lawfully required. On a personal number or another messaging app there is no record, nothing we can verify, and nothing useful we can hand over. Move the conversation off the platform at your own risk.

🚫 No harassment or abusive language

Any form of harassment over chat will result in immediate action upon flagging and review.

How to report someone, and what happens

  • To report a user, email thecabpool@gmail.com with their display name and what happened. Full contact details are on the Terms of Service page.
  • We acknowledge within 24 hours and decide within 15 days.
  • Message text cannot be edited or deleted once sent, so a reported conversation can be reviewed reliably.
  • Depending on what we find, we may warn you, suspend your account, or remove it permanently.
  • Where the law requires it, we will share relevant records with the appropriate authorities.

✅ What you CAN do

  • Find fellow passengers headed in the same direction
  • Chat to coordinate meeting point and timing
  • Together, book a yellow-plated cab/auto
  • Split the fare after the journey

Privacy Policy

Last updated: 4 September 2026

TheCabPool ("we", "the app") is operated by Mr. R. Aggarwal as the Data Fiduciary under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023. This policy explains what we collect, why, who can see it, and how you can have it removed.

What we collect

  • From your Google account: your name, email address and profile photo. We use Google Sign-In only; we never see or store your Google password.
  • You tell us: your display name and your gender, both required. Also your mobile number, which is required before you can connect with anyone, and is verified by SMS.
  • Location: your device's GPS position, used once to pre-fill your departure point, plus the departure and arrival places you choose and their coordinates.
  • Travel details: the one-hour window in which you are looking for co-riders, and the time you submitted each search.
  • Messages: the full content of chats you send to people you connect with, and whether they were read.
  • Technical: a push-notification token for your device, sign-in timestamps, and diagnostic logs stored on your own device.

Why we collect it

Solely to run the service: to find other passengers travelling a similar route at a similar time, to let you send and accept connection requests, to let you chat to agree a meeting point, and to notify you of requests and messages. We also use it to investigate complaints about misuse.

We do not sell your data, show advertising, or use your data to profile you. The app is free and has no advertising.

Who can see what

  • Other users searching your route can see your display name, your gender, whether your mobile number is verified, your chosen pickup and drop place names, how far those are from their own, the straight-line distance between your pickup and your drop, and when you submitted your search. This is the core function of the app.
  • You can mask your addresses. Tick "Mask the address" before starting a search and other users are shown only the area — for example "Sector 7G, Rohini, Delhi" instead of your house number — and are not told how far you are from their pickup or drop. Your own record of the search still shows the full address, to you alone. Masking hides the wording, not the matching: you are still matched on your real location, so someone can infer the rough area you are in. If you want your address genuinely withheld, choose a nearby landmark such as a bus stop or a campus gate as your pickup point instead.
  • Only people you mutually connect with can read your chat messages with them.
  • Your email address and phone number are private. They are stored separately from your public profile and are not shown to other users.
  • Nobody else. We do not share your data with any third party for their own purposes.

Processors we rely on

The app runs on Google Firebase (hosting, authentication, database, push notifications) and uses Google Maps Platform for place search and address lookup. Your data is processed on Google infrastructure and may be stored outside India. We use no other processors.

How long we keep it

  • A search stops being visible to others after one hour, or immediately if you tap Exit.
  • Chats stay until you or the other person deletes the connection, which removes the whole thread from the app for both of you.
  • When a chat is deleted we keep a copy for 180 days and then erase it automatically. Neither of you can see or reach that copy. We hold it only so that a complaint about harassment or misuse can still be investigated after the conversation has gone, and so we can respond to a lawful request from an authority. Nothing else is done with it.
  • Your profile stays until you ask us to delete your account.

Your rights

Under the DPDP Act 2023 you may ask us to show you the personal data we hold about you, correct or complete it, delete it and your account, or nominate someone to exercise these rights if you are unable to. Email the Grievance Officer below and we will act within 15 days. There is no charge.

Children

TheCabPool is for adults. You must be 18 or older to use it. We do not knowingly collect data from anyone under 18; tell us and we will delete the account.

A word about safety

TheCabPool introduces you to strangers so you can travel together. Please treat your pickup point, your schedule and your phone number as information you are choosing to share. Meet in public places, and stop using the app with anyone who makes you uncomfortable.

Terms of Service

Last updated: 4 September 2026

By using TheCabPool you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the app.

1. What TheCabPool is, and is not

TheCabPool is an introduction and coordination tool for passengers. We are not a transport operator, taxi service, cab aggregator or carpooling service. We do not own or operate vehicles, do not employ or contract with drivers, do not dispatch, book or reserve any journey, and do not set, collect, hold or split any fare.

Everything about the actual journey is arranged between you and the passengers you meet. You book your own commercially licensed cab and settle the fare among yourselves.

2. Eligibility

You must be at least 18 years old and legally able to enter into a contract. One account per person, using your real name.

3. What you must not do

  • Do not offer rides in your own vehicle. Using a private (white-plate) vehicle to carry others for payment is not permitted under Indian transport regulations. Use the app only as a passenger without a vehicle.
  • Do not harass, threaten, abuse or use foul language towards anyone.
  • Do not impersonate anyone, create multiple accounts, scrape or automate access to the app, or attempt to access other users' data.
  • Do not use the app for anything unlawful.

Sharing contact details, and why we advise against it

This is advice, not a rule. You will not be banned for exchanging a phone number, and when you are about to meet someone it is sometimes genuinely useful. Please do it only once you have a reason to trust the person.

If you chat inside TheCabPool, there is a record. We keep chat records, and for six months even after a chat is deleted. That means if something goes wrong we can look at what was actually said, and we can provide it to an investigating authority when lawfully required.

On a personal number or another messaging app, none of that exists. We cannot see what was said, we cannot verify your account of it, and we cannot help you — and there is nothing useful we can hand to the police either. Move the conversation off the platform at your own risk.

4. Reporting and enforcement

If someone breaks these rules, email the Grievance Officer below with the person's display name and what happened. We will acknowledge within 24 hours and decide within 15 days.

Message text cannot be edited or altered once sent, so a chat can be reviewed reliably when a complaint is made. Depending on what we find we may warn you, suspend your account, or remove it permanently. Where the law requires it, we will share relevant records with the appropriate authorities.

5. Your own safety and responsibility

You decide who to connect with and whether to travel with them. We do not verify identities, run background checks, or vet users beyond requiring a Google sign-in. You are responsible for your own safety and for your conduct towards others. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we are not liable for anything that happens between you and another user, for any journey, or for any loss arising from the use of a third-party cab.

6. Availability

The app is provided free and as-is. We may change, suspend or discontinue it at any time, and we do not guarantee that you will find a co-rider.

7. Your data

Our handling of your personal data is described in the Privacy Policy, which forms part of these terms.

8. Changes and governing law

We may update these terms; continued use means you accept the updated version. These terms are governed by the laws of India, and the courts at Bengaluru, Karnataka have exclusive jurisdiction.