Thank you for the 155 great ideas submitted for our second GeoVation Challenge of the year: How can we improve transport in Britain? We were delighted at the quality and scope of the ideas of how you could use geography to improve transport.
A short-list of ideas (below) has now been chosen by the GeoVation judging panel and teams have been invited to develop their ideas at GeoVation Camp, 25 – 27 March, at Ordnance Survey’s new head office in Southampton.
Real time parcel routing and tracking
Provide real time bus locations on mobile telephones
PTP 2.0: Ask what people want and then provide options
UNO Map! analysing catchment gaps and increasing bus information and use
Creating a Mobile Version of FixMyTransport
Transport Game, but using automated travel mode detection
TravelOnTime: Public, empirical lateness data for trains
Improving transport through user experiences
The Electric Bike Project for 16 year olds
Unlocking council transport data for everyone
Finding the gaps in cycling/walking networks
‘Helping campaigners campaign’ – bid from CycleStreets
Fast response lift sharing scheme using mobile media
A mobile app to trade your personal carbon and be rewarded
Route to commute / route sharing application
Open source map of accessible destinations for people with limited mobility
Matching transport demand and supply better
Train+Bike Planner for Sports Events
The panel identified that a number of ideas were similar and have invited some ideas owners to form groups to develop their ideas at Camp.
Congratulations to those who have been short-listed and thanks to all who have registered for the challenge, posted ideas and comments.
Whether you were short-listed or not, if you’ve got experience or knowledge to help flesh out the ideas then come along and be part of it, by registering for a place at GeoVation Camp . The most exciting ideas will be chosen to go forward to pitch for a slice of £150,000 in innovation funding from Ideas in Transit (and also up to £10,000 for best use of OS OpenData) at the GeoVation Showcase at Ordnance Survey on 4 May.