UK start-up wins prize for mobility platform for emerging cities

UK-based start-up WhereIsMyTransport has been announced as the winner of the 2017 Promising Transport Innovation Award, offered annually by the International Transport Forum. Launched in August 2016, WhereIsMyTransport is an open digital platform that provides information on formally and informally run transport services in emerging cities. The platform supports 20 cities in 10 countries across Africa and the Middle East in providing better information about mobility. Among the cities supported by the platf
May 24, 2017 Read time: 1 min
UK-based start-up WhereIsMyTransport has been announced as the winner of the 2017 Promising Transport Innovation Award, offered annually by the 998 International Transport Forum.


Launched in August 2016, WhereIsMyTransport is an open digital platform that provides information on formally and informally run transport services in emerging cities. The platform supports 20 cities in 10 countries across Africa and the Middle East in providing better information about mobility. Among the cities supported by the platform are Cape Town and Durban in South Africa, Beirut in Lebanon and Accra in Ghana.
 
WhereIsMyTransport centralises mobility data in a platform that anyone can build upon to provide transport information, develop software products and apps, or analyse metrics to improve transport provision. The company works with transport operators, cities and governments and with implementation partners such as 2214 Microsoft to deliver innovations that make mobility services easier to use for citizens.

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