The 18 winners of the open call launched in the scope of the VoxPop project, with the aim of finding digital solutions that make mobility more accessible and inclusive in Lisbon, are already known.
The following are already known winners of the big open call launched during the summeras part of the European VoxPop projectand in which they were looking for digital solutions that make mobility more accessible and inclusive in LisbonThis is a great way to meet the needs of people with disabilities, the elderly, children, pregnant women, etc. On the table was one million euros for up to 20 innovative projects.
They were selected by a jury 18 applications out of 53 received; the projects will receive a total of 950 thousand euros. The list includes several Portuguese entities, but also those from Belgium, Denmark, Spain, France, Italy, the United Kingdom, and Sweden.
It was MUBi, an association that promotes urban mobility by bicycle, leading the jury's score with its proposal to improve the current collaborative platform Cycling City. Launched in 2019 in Lisbon, Setúbal and Aveiro, Cidade Ciclável allows anyone to find out where there is bicycle parking in their city and map parking needs that are not yet filled. MUBi's goal now is to use the 40 thousand euros from VoxPop to introduce new features on the platform that allow "achieving greater social and gender justice in bicycling"as information about the cycling infrastructure, and the recording of road harassment incidents and danger zonesThis will help not only cyclists to make safer decisions, but also policy makers to identify problem areas.
Although it was a open calllaunched through a public event in August, a presentation of the winning projects was held behind closed doors - and without invitation to the media - in an online event on December 13th. The Lisbon City Hall explains, to Lisboa Para Pessoas, that it was only a matter of "a first presentation of the selected projects" with the format of "business meeting". The winning projects will be developed during six months until July 2023, when a demonstration day will be heldwhere the different entities will present the digital solutions they have developed.
A open call of VoxPop was launched on August 10th to find digital solutions for Lisbon's mobility that respond to one of these challenges: travel planning, autonomous navigation, inclusive ticketing services, promotion of safer mobility, full enjoyment of public spaces, and community solutions for more inclusive mobility.
VoxPop is a partnership of eight public and private national entities, led by CML and with operational management by EMEL. With the objective of developing a more collaborative model of mobility management in the city of Lisbon, supported by digital tools for a more efficient planning, operation and maintenance of the transport infrastructure and that enhance the creation of user-centered mobility solutions. The VoxPop project is co-financed by the Iniciativa Innovative Urban Actionsa program promoted by the European Commission that aims to finance ambitious and innovative solutions to meet the challenges of cities. The project also brings together Carris, Lisbon Metro and Transportes Metropolitanos de Lisboa (TML).
The Winners
Cycling City
Author: MUBiPortugal
Score: 14
MUBi, an association that promotes urban mobility by bicycle, will take its collaborative platform Cycling Citywhich today allows you to map only parking needs, and introduce new functionalities "to achieve greater social and gender justice in bicycling". The idea is that the Cycling City can have information about the cycling infrastructure, and the recording of road harassment incidents and danger zonesThis will help not only cyclists to make safer decisions, but also policy makers to identify problem areas.
SafeJourney
Author: NILG.AIPortugal
Score: 13,5
The artificial intelligence and machine learning company NILG.AI proposes to create the SafeJourneya solution that "will allow, by using satellite and street images, automatically calculate a pedestrian mobility index for persons with reduced mobility at street level (e.g. crosswalks and services without ramp, tactile flooring), for use by external services and municipalities"..
Andyamo
Author: AndyamoFrance
Score: 13
The French company Andyamo wants to bring its technological solution to Lisbon, proposing "improve the current mapping of the city" through indication of "100% pedestrian & multimodal routes fully adapted to the mobility level of its inhabitants/tourists (wheelchair-bound, visually impaired, stroller with children or elderly)".
3FINERY
Author: 3FINERYUnited Kingdom
Score: 13
The UK's 3FINERY, a company specializing in augmented reality, proposes using this technology and geolocation services to develop "a tool that will allow citizens with visual, cognitive and physical disabilities to obtain an accurate verbal description of their environment".
Include
Author: ZoomguidePortugal
Score: 12,5
The Portuguese company Zoomguide wants to create Include, a "visual positioning system capable of providing multimedia information relevant to the physical location of its users" in the urban context. The product will recognize artificial intelligence "to automatically recognize the position of users by analyzing a video stream captured by users' smartphones".
LisbonHUB
Author: CycleAIPortugal
Score: 12,5
The Portuguese CycleAI wants to develop "a multimodal transportation application for aggregating and processing public transportation and micromobility data" call LisbonHUB. This application "will suggest the safest, fastest and most economical trips. In addition, users can report incidents for quick assessment and resolution.".
Willeasy
Author: WilleasyItaly
Score: 12,5
The Italian start-up Willeasy will develop its similar platform, a "digital ecosystem to collect, process and make available information about the accessibility of places and routes, the use of innovative means of inclusive mobility and a web app for seamless navigation, creation and constant updating of open data".
Enterprise Bot
Author: Enterprise BotSwitzerland
Score: 12
A Enterprise Bot will create chatbots to automate interactions between transportation companies and their customers, allowing them to have "a readily accessible digital agent" to respond to passengers, thereby reducing operating costs, and allowing disabled users to be more autonomous.
Lisbon On Wheels
Author: On WheelsNetherlands
Score: 11
On Wheels intends to collect "accessibility data on public buildings, public spaces and public transport" of Lisbon and add them to its On Wheels application, which is available for smartphones, and also to Openstreetmap. "All data will be available as open data for everyone's use."
Spaces4All
Author: Alves & FerreiraPortugal
Score: 10,5
Spaces4All will help individuals with reduced mobility ("with visual, hearing and motor disabilities") when moving in public spaces, such as "squares, gardens, parks, cemeteries, monuments", "with pre-defined routes and pertinent information". This solution will be based on people's cell phone and their GPS location.
SMART PATH
Author: DETU TECHPortugal
Score: 10,5
The Portuguese company DETU TECH intends to develop SMART-PATH, "a web-based platform that uses real-time and historical public transport data, as well as its characteristics, to offer users a simple way to find the best means of transport to move around Lisbon and understand which transportation fits your specific needs"..
Skipit
Author: SkipitDenmark
Score: 10,5
The Danish Skipit develops an app for cell phones, with the same name, that replaces the need for a physical card for public transport, allowing the same digital card to serve different cities. Skipit wants to bring its application to Lisbon to allow "the physically disabled tourist to buy tickets, view transport maps, identifying the accessibility points of each station in the city of Lisbon"centralizing this information and services, "which are usually spread across multiple locations and with multiple points of contact"in one place.
LISBORA
Author: Pin BikeItaly
Score: 10,5
Pin Bike wants to create LISBORA, a gamification system "to encourage mobility in the city of Lisbon for citizens with physical disabilities". "Prizes (vouchers to spend in local retail stores) will be issued for the miles traveled by users with any means of transportation except the car."
TakeMe by Famility
Author: FamilityPortugal
Score: 10
The Portuguese start-up Famility develops a homonymous application to help parents with their children's daily commute to school. He is now proposing to create TakeMe, a new assisted mobility platform for people with mobility limitations. "The platform provides an Assisted Displacement Service, individually or in groups, on foot, by bicycle or by public or shared transportation. Services can be recurring or on demand."
Help+
Author: MobintegPortugal
Score: 10
The technological company Mobinteg wants to create the app Help+to "connecting the elderly living alone in the Lisbon municipality to registered volunteers"and these "will accompany the elderly in performing tasks, from carrying passes, bringing groceries, or just keeping them company".
Childfy
Author: Mobility Solutions for FamiliesSpain
Score: 9,5
Because "parents spend a lot of time getting their children to school, extra-curricular activities, birthday parties, etc."a Spanish company created the ChildfyChildfy, an application where different mothers and fathers can register to help each other with travel logistics, taking each other's children with them. The idea will be to bring Childfy to Lisbon.
Cycle4Lisbon
Author: Think MorePortugal
Score: 9,5
Cycle4Lisbon intends, based on an algorithmic analysis model that looks at the inclination of streets and other parameters, to suggest the best route not only for someone on a bicycle but also for people in wheelchairs, thus intending to, "encourage the use of environmentally friendly means of transport, promote healthy habits and support people with reduced mobility".
PopStore
Author: pool.farmSweden
Score: 9,5
PopStore will allow anyone with reduced mobility (and basic digital literacy) to create a web page in two minutes to create shopping lists on it. You can then share that page with neighbors, friends or family members, who can help the person with reduced mobility with their shopping. PopStore aims to make "extremely simple social commerce (informal business between friends)".
