The Detroit City Challenge is calling on innovators to:
Demonstrate solutions that reduce fossil fuel use and cut costs of freight operations in Eastern Market
Solutions should address one or more of the following:
- Reduce idling time
- Reduce partial loads and empty miles
- Reduce reliance on fossil fuel for cold chain logistics and freight management
- Reduce implementation costs and barriers to adopting clean freight technologies
The Varanasi City Challenge is calling on innovators to:
Create innovative, data-driven solutions that make crowded areas of Varanasi’s old city of Kashi safer and more accessible for religious tourists, local residents and vulnerable populations (such as elderly people and people with disabilities).
Successful solutions might include:
- Tools that support the city to better manage overcrowding events
- Interventions that improve citizen decision-making
- Services that support vulnerable groups
The Venice City Challenge is calling on innovators to:
Create innovative solutions that change behaviour, increasing the use and adoption of existing low and zero-carbon transport modes in the city of Venice, with a focus on the mainland and motorized islands.
Solutions must address at least one of the following:
- Increasing active mobility
- Increasing public transport use
- Increasing usage of shared mobility
Any proposed solution must take into account the motivational aspect of behaviour change.