90 Entries for the Smarter Travel Awards: Showcase smarter thinking

Nearly 90 entries have been received for the inaugural Smarter Travel Awards. The Judging Panel now faces the difficult task of compiling a short list

17 December 2014

The Smarter Travel Awards has attracted more than 90 entries from a broad range of leading practitioners in the field of sustainable transport. These submissions will now be carefully considered by the Judging Panel, which has the unenviable job of creating a short list, to be published on 9 January. The winners will be announced at an Awards Ceremony at the ICC, Birmingham, on 5 February 2015.

All those that make the short list will feature in a special video to be screened at the Awards Ceremony. A video package about each finalist will be created by Justin Andrew, Landor LINK’s e-commerce and marketing manager, with assistance from the Judging Panel.

Richard Armitage, chair of the Judging Panel, says: “The whole idea of the awards is to draw attention to sustainable travel, shared mobility and the important role of transport in the shared economy. This video will form an important part of the post-ceremony promotional package we will be putting out.”

The nominees...

Best Shared Mobility Service Provider

Citybike – Liverpool's bike hire scheme, Liverpool City Council
Cycle Hire Slough, Berkshire
Nextbike – Cycle Hire Scheme in Bath, Bath & NE Somerset Council
Nottingham's Citycard, Nottingham City Council
Retailing Shared Transport in new Local Marketplaces,
DHC Loop Connections, City of Edinburgh

Best Smarter Travel Marketing Campaign

Active Sustainable Travel And Road Safety – A*STARS,
Walsall Council
Beach Bus, Two National Parks LSTF, New Forest National Park
Beat the Street Thurrock, Thurrock Council
The Big Bike Revival – CTC: The National Cycling Charity,
Diva Creative, South Yorkshire
Bike Belles – York's new cycling community for women,
City of York Council
Bus Drivers have feelings too, Diva Creative, South Yorkshire
Bus Promotion in the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead, Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead
Commuter Challenge 2014, Derby City Council
Connected Commuter Count 2014, Derby City Council
Connecting Wiltshire web platform, Wiltshire Council
Cycle Hire spring summer 2014, Transport for London
Discover more of the South Downs for less,
South Downs National Park Authority
Go Smarter – Go the Extra Mile, Go Smarter – Tyne & Wear LSTF
Heathrow Commuter – Delivering Savings to Airport Workers, Heathrow Airport
Ideas in Motion, Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
My Journey Spring Cycling Campaign, Southampton City Council
Nottingham Community Smarter Travel Hubs,
Nottingham City Council
Personalised Travel Planning in Peterborough, Sustrans
Solent Transport – Try something new, try a bus,
Hampshire County Council – Solent Transport
South Lakes Workplace Cycle Challenge,
Cleary Stevens Consulting, Cumbria
The Pledge Campaign, Solent Transport
Travel Dorset – Check before you travel, Dorset County Council
Travel Luton – Joining up your journey, Luton Borough Council
Travel SMART Campaign, Surrey County Council, Kingston upon Thames
What’s Your Number? Bus Promotion in the West of England,
West of England LSTF Programme
WorkWise, Centro, West Midlands

Best Smarter Travel App

itravelsmart App, Cheshire West and Chester Council
SeftonTravel Mobile Journey Planning App, Sefton Council
The SATURN HGV Router, University of Leicester
TravelWest Bus Checker, West of England LSTF Programme Team

Most Improved Journey to Work

Accessing Employment at Barnwood Business Park, Gloucestershire County Council
Kellogg's Sustainable Transport Project, Kellogg's Manchester Plant
LSTF Kickstart services (X1 / X2 / X3), North Somerset Council
Npower and the Smart Network, Smarter Choices team, Centro,
West Midlands
NVIDIA undertaking Sustrans’ Big Commuting Challenge, Sustrans
Sustainable Transport Plan 2014 – 2019, Heathrow Airport
The Eclipse Bus Rapid Transit, First Hampshire, Dorset and Berkshire
The Kings Ferry North Bristol Commuter Coach,
North Somerset Council
Travel SMART Challenge, Surrey County Council,
Kingston upon Thames
Most Accessible Smarter Travel Journey
Access All Areas DVD project, Centro, West Midlands
Travel Torbay Regeneration Project (integrated ferry & bus service), Torbay Council, Devon

Best LSTF Project Team

Access to Education, Sustrans
Access LN6, Lincolnshire County Council
Access to Stations, Sustrans
Better Connected South Hampshire LSTF Project, Solent Transport
BigHertsBigIdeas, Hertfordshire County Council
Breaking the link between economic growth, carbon & congestion, Devon County Council
Go Smarter to Work, Go Smarter c/o Regional Transport Team,
Tyne &Wear
GoLakes Travel, Cumbria Tourism
iTravel York ( LSTF programme), City of York Council
Leicester – Fit for Business, Leicester City Council
Leicestershire Choose How You Move – Personal Travel Planning, Leicestershire County Council
LSTF Delivery of £30 million combined authority bid,
West of England LSTF Programme, Bristol
Nottingham Urban Area LSTF Partnership Team, Nottingham City Council
Re-invigorating bus services in Darlington, Darlington Borough Council
Schools Go Smarter, Go Smarter c/o Regional Transport Team, Tyne & Wear
Smart Network, Smarter Choices – Cycling Engagement Project, Centro, West Midlands
Smart Network, Smarter Choices Education, Centro, West Midlands
Smart Network, Smarter Choices Team, Centro, West Midlands
Sustainable Transport Solutions, the Two National Parks LSTF programme, Hampshire County Council
Travel Choices and Active Travel, Transport for Greater Manchester
Walk to School Outreach Project, Living Streets, London
Warrington Sustainable Travel Triangle, Warrington Borough Council

Smarter Travel Professional of the Year

Innovation Award

About the Judges

Chair: Richard Armitage, sustainable transport practitioner specialising in workplace travel plans, often in the NHS, and residential travel plans

Elizabeth Barner, CTC staff member, on secondment to Leicester City Council, specialising in projects that reach people who are not cycling, offering options for travel and fostering changes in physical activity and health

Kiron Chatterjee, Associate Professor in Travel Behaviour at the Centre for Transport & Society at the University of the West of England

Nicola Kane, Transport Strategy Manager at Transport for Greater Manchester

Iain Macbeth, Behaviour Change Programme Manager at Transport for London's Roads Modernisation Plan

Amanda Pearce, Director of Diva Creative, the Sheffield based award-winning marketing agency

Jonathan Raper, Chief Executive of TransportAPI, Britain's leading provider of open public transport data

Martin Tugwell, Head of Business Development at the Transport Systems Catapult, the UK’s centre for innovation, technology and applied Research and Development in Intelligent Mobility