2015 UITP Global Public Transport Awards announced

The winners of the 2015 Global Public Transport Awards were announced yesterday evening at the 61st UITP World Congress & Exhibition in Milan, Italy. The International Association of Public Transport (UITP) Awards acknowledge ambitious and innovative mobility projects that contribute towards meeting the sector goal of doubling the market share of public transport by 2025.
June 12, 2015 Read time: 3 mins

The winners of the 2015 Global Public Transport Awards were announced yesterday evening at the 61st UITP World Congress & Exhibition in Milan, Italy.  

The 3833 International Association of Public Transport (UITP) Awards acknowledge ambitious and innovative mobility projects that contribute towards meeting the sector goal of doubling the market share of public transport by 2025.

An international jury of public transport experts from very different countries and backgrounds evaluated the projects and narrowed the hundreds of applications from all around the world down to a shortlist of 25 finalists.

The projects, which must have been implemented in the past two years, covered strategy, customer experience, operational and technical excellence, design as well mobility demand management and financing. The Youth for Public Transport Foundation (Y4PT) also handed over its award in this occasion.

“The 200 applications received for the UITP Awards 2015 demonstrate the innovation and commitment of the public transport sector towards the provision of high class mobility services in urban areas worldwide and to meeting the doubling objective. The UITP Awards help us identify good practices in the key areas that need to be addressed to put in place sustainable urban mobility systems,” said UITP Secretary General Alain Flausch.

The Operational and Technical Excellence went to 1466 Transport for London, Barclaycard and 378 Cubic for the project ‘Acceptance of contactless payment cards for pay as you go travel on London’s public transport network’ in recognition of their contribution to the deployment of contactless payment cards in London, contributing to more efficient operations, increased customer satisfaction and decreased costs related to revenue collection. The negotiation of the transit transaction model and the ability of the system to support the local transport smartcard (Oyster), the national transport smartcard (ITSO) and contactless payment cards are among the most remarkable achievements.

The Singapore Land Transport Authority received the Mobility Demand Management award for the ‘Travel Smart Programme’ project in recognition of its comprehensive demand management programme that encourages commuters to re-time their trips to off-peak periods, re-mode, and to reduce travel demand altogether. These complement supply-side measures to increase transport capacity.

Other winners included: for Public Transport Strategy, Federaçao Das Empresas De Transportes De Passageiros Do Estado Do Rio De Janeiro (FETRANSPOR), for the ‘Reshaping mobility demand in Rio with a BRT network’ project; Customer Experience: Wiener Stadtwerke, Vienna, Austria, for the ‘SMILE – Smart Mobility Info & Ticketing System Leading the Way for Effective E-Mobility Services’ project; for Design the award went to: Solaris Bus & Coach, Owinska, Poland, for the ‘The new Solaris Urbino’ project; for Smart Financing and Business Model: Kaysery Ulasim, Kayseri, Turkey, for the ‘Innovative Financing of Public Transport’ project; the Y4PT Youth Award went to Transportes de Lisboa/ Metropolitano de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, for the ‘Public Transport Campaign in University Campuses’ project.

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