The Entries

1. Smarter Travel Professional of the Year

2. Best Shared Transport Project Award

3. Best Smarter Travel Innovation Award

4. Best Behaviour Change Campaign Award

5. Best Mobility as a Service Project Award

6. Best Accessible Transport Project Award

7. Best Demand Responsive Transport Award

8. Best Connected Transport Award

9. Best Smart City Project Award

Smarter Travel Professional of the Year

This award is for the individual smarter travel professional who has made an outstanding personal contribution to the industry. 

Sponsored by: YourBike

The entries are:

• Chris Alston, Cycling UK Liverpool City Region

• Ali Clabburn, Founder & CEO, Liftshare

• Michael Barratt, Development Impact Assessment Manager, TfL

• Peter Edwards, Sustainable Travel Co-ordinator, University of Birmingham

• Veronica Reynolds, Specialist Travel Advisor, Vectos

Best Shared Transport Project Award 

This award recognises the contribution made by shared transport, such as car clubs, ride sharing, public hire bike services and technology systems that make multi-modal travel practical for the general public.

The entries are: 

• Co-Wheels, Car Club CIC

• Liftshare, myPTP

Best Smarter Travel Innovation Award 

The Innovation award is open to all mobility related projects that display a commitment to design or technological innovation.

Sponsored by: Mott MacDonald

The entries are:

• Amey Consulting, Road charging paper

• AppyParking, Smart City Parking System

• Atkins/SNC-Lavalin, M25 TTMS – Travel Time Monitoring System

• Better Points, Better Points Mobile App

• Beryl, Blaze Laserlight

• Char.gy, Lampost Charging

• Digital Transport Signs, PassageWay

• DriverNet, DriverNet App

• Elgin, roadworks.pro Real-Time

• Faxi, Gatwick Airport Project

• Flx Rides, Flx Mobility platform

• Go Travel Solutions, SmartGo

• InaParc, Elevation Upgrade Kits and Little Lift

• iGeolise, iTravel

• JustPark, Predictive Availability for Parking

• Liftshare, Scoping Smart Mobility

• Liverpool John Moores University, Cargo Bikes

• Meristem Streets for People, Business Community Parklets

• Sitata, Go Anywhere, Stay Safe

• Sparta Digital, Buzzin’ App

• Transport for London, 21st Century Travel Plans

• The Floow, FloowDrive

Best Behaviour Change Campaign Award 

This award recognises the smarter travel behaviour change campaigns that engage with their target audiences, have a measurable impact, are replicable and represent great value for money.  They can be single medium or cross-channel.

Sponsored by: Merseytravel

The entries are:

• Bath & North East Somerset Council, Achieving greater benefits from a multi-tasking digital video platform

• Betterpoints, Bella Mossa

• Bristol City Council, Active Travel Champion Campaign The Challenge

• Cycling UK, Cycle 4 Health

• Enfield Council, Cycle Enfield

• Hampshire County Council, Portsmouth City Council and Southampton City Council, #StepUpSouthampton

• Liftshare, Jaguar Land Rover Partnership

• Living Streets, WOW Challenge

• Meristem, Garden Party

• RingGo, Emissions Based Parking

• Solihull Council, Solihull School Streets

• Southampton City Council, Get Cycle Savvy

• Transport for London, The Roadworks Patrol

• Waltham Forest Council, Complementary Measures Team

Best Mobility as a Service Project Award 

A new award for 2018 will reward innovations in Mobility as a Service.  The award will recognise developments in multi-modal and integrated travel through a MaaS platform that can handle all transport choices and payments.

Sponsored by: Innovate UK

The entries are:

• AppyParking, Last Meter Navigation™

• Atkins/SNC-Lavalin & TfGM, MaaS development in Greater Manchester: building a sustainable business model from real world trials

• ESP Group, NaviGoGo

• PTV Group, MaaS Barcelona

Best Accessible Transport Project Award 

The accessible transport award will recognise achievements in accessibility and those that are making transport available for all.

The entries are:

• Grid Smarter Cities, assist-Mi

• Neatebox, Neatebox Button App

• Mott MacDonald, Chester Bus Interchange

Best Demand Responsive Transport Award 

Flexible, demand responsive transport (DRT) has seen a resurgence in the last few years and is helping to support communities by making transport more accessible.  Technology has helped enable quick advances and new services in the DRT industry.  This award will recognise those at the front-line of innovations and service delivery. 

Sponsored by: Transport Systems Catapult

The entries are:

• Arriva, ArrivaClick

• Faxi, Queens Hospital Project​​

Best Connected Transport Award

The UK is a leader in the research and development of Connected & Autonomous Vehicle technology.  There are now over 60 pilots, mainly funded through the UK government / InnovateUK.  This award will recognise the project teams that are pushing the envelope and making CAVs a reality in our generation.

The entries are:

• Atkins/SNC-Lavalin, VENTURER

• Project Centre

Best Smart City Project Award 

The best smart city project award will be awarded to the project that has best shown a holistic approach to becoming smarter, cleaner, safer and more sustainable.   Entries should reflect all elements that contribute to becoming a smart city: data, air quality, connectivity, physical and digital infrastructure and so on.

Sponsored by: Stagecoach

The entries are:

• Transport for Greater Manchester, CityVerve

• Bristol City Council, Bristol’s Traffic Control Service, Bristol Operations Centre