Transport Location Data Competition brochure
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The Geospatial Commission partnered with Innovate UK to design the Transport Location Data Competition to look at how location data can spark innovation and support the future of mobility for the United Kingdom.
Smarter mobility solutions, underpinned by location data, will enable us to make the most of our transport networks by boosting capacity, reducing environmental impacts and decreasing travel times. The competition aimed to stimulate commercial innovation to help create geospatial solutions to our transport challenges. The competition had four themes:
- Mobility as a service - to help better integration of transport modes
- Active travel - creating safer ways to enable active travel
- Supply chains - helping better distribution, storage and delivery
- Boosting capacity - increasing efficiency of transport networks
The Geospatial Commission invested £5 million across two phases:
Phase 1 from January to March 2021 where 28 projects received funding to develop feasibility studies and;
Phase 2 from August 2021 to March 2022 where 7 projects received further funding to develop prototype solutions.
The experiences of the innovators funded by the competition provided first hand insight into how transport challenges and opportunities may be navigated as well as informing the appropriate role for government in this sector.