Smarter Travel Awards 2015 - The Shortlisted finalists have been announced

Smarter Travel Awards 2015 are the new awards recognising the smartest projects, people and technologies which are defining future mobility.

Smarter travel is essential to improving people's lives in the 21st Century as it enables effective transport provision in expanding towns and cities. New technologies are becoming mainstream, while attitudes to sustainable travel are changing. These awards celebrate the impressive achievements, the smartest approaches and the high impact of smarter travel projects and the professionals who lead them.

The finalists will now be assessed by the Judges' Panel and the results will be announced, complete with video introductions, on Thursday 5th February 2015 at the ICC, Birmingham, at the end of the first day of the Smarter Travel 2015 event. You can view a list of ALL the entries here.

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The finalists are listed in alphabetical order by organisation or surname.

Best Shared Mobility Service Provider Award

• Nextbike cycle hire, Bath & North East Somerset Council

• citybike cycle hire, Liverpool City Council

• Linlithgow Plus+, Loop Connections

Best Smarter Travel Marketing Campaign Award

• The Pledge, Hampshire County Council

• The Beach Bus, New Forest National Park

• Beat the Street, Thurrock Council

• Cycle Hire Campaign 2014, Transport for London

Best Smarter Travel App Award

• JourneyOn Web App, Brighton & Hove City Council

• TravelWest buschecker App, West of England LSTF Team

• itravelsmart App, Cheshire West & Chester Council

Most Improved Journey to Work Award

• Lewes Road Improvement Scheme, Brighton & Hove Council

• Eclipse Bus Rapid Transit, First Hampshire

• King's Ferry Commuter Coach, North Somerset Council

Best LSTF Project Team Award

• Reinvigorating bus services, Darlington Council

• Access LN6, Lincolnshire County Council

• Walk to School Outreach Project, Living Streets

• Nottingham Urban Area LSTF Partnership, Nottingham City Council

Smarter Travel Professional of the Year Award Sponsored by ATKINS

• Patrick Lingwood, Senior Walking and Cycling Officer, Bedford Borough Council 

• Jon Parker, Director, Integrated Transport Planning Ltd.

• Helen Ramsden, Head of Travel Choices and Active Travel, TfGM

Innovation Award Sponsored by Transport Systems Catapult

• Contactless payments on London's public transport, Cubic Transportation Systems

• E-paper displays for real time transport information, IBI Group

• Beat the Street, Intelligent Health

Find out more at www.SmarterTravelAwards.co.uk