COLOMBO, Aug. 31 -- Sri Lanka's leading ride-hailing platform, PickMe, has announced a partnership with the University of Moratuwa to study transport challenges faced by communities across the country and explore solutions for a multi-modal mobility ecosystem.

The collaboration, the company said, aims to tackle "long-ignored mobility challenges" affecting diverse segments of the population. With a population of 22 million, Sri Lanka faces a range of transport issues, from unmarked rural roads to congested urban centres with complex traffic patterns.

"PickMe and the University of Moratuwa are working together to design scalable, locally relevant solutions," the company said in a statement, adding, "This includes addressing areas with lim...