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March 03, 2023

Transport4All Challenge Stage 2 gears up as startups get on board!

In an effort to improve public transport ridership in India, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, along with the Smart Cities mission, launched the #Transport 4All🚍Challenge in April 2021, envisioned as a three-stage campaign.

In successful stage 1, which saw 46 cities conduct the country’s largest public transport data exercise with surveys with more than 2 lakh citizens, 15,000 bus drivers and conductors, and 22,000 informal public transportdrivers. These cities—who qualify for Stage 2 of the Challenge—used the surveys findings to develop more than 165 problem statements, that is now curated into a final list of 8 problem statements by the Challenge team.

The Challenge recently stepped into Stage 2—the Solution Generation stage—and the cities will work with shortlisted startups across the country; city governments will work towards innovative and impactful digital solutions to revolutionise public transportation and enhance the overall mobility experience for their citizens. These solutions would be geared at the eight problem statements identified through the stage 1 surveys.

A nationwide call for startups was announced to realise this, inviting applications to address the solutions for eight problem statements.

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Shortlisting Startups

A team of experts shortlisted 70 startup applications from over 160 applications received for the Challenge from startups across the country based on three verticals: a) Relevance b) Solution Maturity c) Team Capability.

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Find the list of 70 Shortlisted Startups Applications that will develop the solutions at this blog’s end.

Way Forward

Following this, in Stage-3, the winning startups will receive an award of up to ₹20 lakhs per solution and be eligible to pilot their digital solutions with the cities. The winning solutions are envisaged to be innovative, context-specific and profoundly transformative for the public transport system. We congratulate all the shortlisted startups and look forward to seeing their ideas improve the efficiency, convenience, and comfort of informal and formal public transport across Indian cities.

We want to acknowledge the leadership of the Ministry of Housing and Affairs Smart Cities Mission and Urban Transport and the Association for State Road Transport Undertakings (ASRTU)—hosts for the Transport4All Digital Innovation Challenge. We thank our knowledge partner, the World Bank, for bringing their global technical expertise to digital innovation and guiding startups and cities. We also thank the technology platform partners—Cix and Startup India—for engaging with startups and providing a platform for cities and startups to collaborate efficiently.

As Co-host and Coordinator for the Challenge, ITDP India provides technical and communication expertise to cities, facilitates capacity-building workshops and one-on-one sessions, and sets up peer-learning platforms so cities can learn from one another.

S. No.	Application Number	Applicant Profile Name	Problem Statement Title
1	Tc00088	Amiraj Wahan Private Limited	1. Route Rationalization
2	Tc00166	Arms 4 Ai Private Limited	1. Route Rationalization
3	Tc00105	Auklr Technologies Private Limited	1. Route Rationalization
4	Tc00044	Flyby Business Solutions Private Limited	1. Route Rationalization
5	Tc00014	Redmond Techno Service (Opc) Private Limited	1. Route Rationalization
6	Tc00130	Salasar Ecommerce Total Solutions Private Limited	1. Route Rationalization
7	Tc00090	Amiraj Wahan Private Limited	2. Network Digitisation
8	Tc00038	Anamar Technologies Private Limited	2. Network Digitisation
9	Tc00049	Flyby Business Solutions Private Limited	2. Network Digitisation
10	Tc00150	Giskernel Technologies Llp	2. Network Digitisation
11	Tc00022	Kicktrans Technologies Private Limited	2. Network Digitisation
12	Tc00027	Redmond Techno Service (Opc) Private Limited	2. Network Digitisation
13	Tc00072	V Robotics Passenger Information Systems Private Limited	2. Network Digitisation
14	Tc00179	Yatri Buddy	2. Network Digitisation
15	Tc00195	Digiit Business Services Private Limited	3. Bus & Staff Scheduling
16	Tc00188	Innoctive Technologies Private Limited	3. Bus & Staff Scheduling
17	Tc00128	Salasar Ecommerce Total Solutions Private Limited	3. Bus & Staff Scheduling
18	Tc00156	V Robotics Passenger Information Systems Private Limited	3. Bus & Staff Scheduling
19	Tc00183	Yatri Buddy	3. Bus & Staff Scheduling
20	Tc00192	Aiq Connect Private Limited	4. Transit Performance Monitoring
21	Tc00051	Flyby Business Solutions Private Limited	4. Transit Performance Monitoring
22	Tc00046	Greatpelican Digital Systems Private Limited	4. Transit Performance Monitoring
23	Tc00110	Ravi Kumar	4. Transit Performance Monitoring
24	Tc00119	Ravity	4. Transit Performance Monitoring
25	Tc00029	Redmond Techno Service (Opc) Private Limited	4. Transit Performance Monitoring
26	Tc00164	Ushva Clean Technology Private Limited	4. Transit Performance Monitoring
27	Tc00180	Vrishchik Technologies Llp	4. Transit Performance Monitoring
28	Tc00191	Yatri Buddy	4. Transit Performance Monitoring
29	Tc00017	Aloha Tech Ventures Private Limited	5. Passenger Information & Ticketing
30	Tc00093	Amiraj Wahan Private Limited	5. Passenger Information & Ticketing
31	Tc00039	Anamar Technologies Private Limited	5. Passenger Information & Ticketing
32	Tc00003	Appentus Technologies Private Limited	5. Passenger Information & Ticketing
33	Tc00136	Bhuvaneshwari K	5. Passenger Information & Ticketing
34	Tc00194	Digiit Business Services Private Limited	5. Passenger Information & Ticketing
35	Tc00041	Hw Design Labs Private Limited	5. Passenger Information & Ticketing
36	Tc00034	Joyride	5. Passenger Information & Ticketing
37	Tc00007	Mots (Metro Online Transit System) Private Limited	5. Passenger Information & Ticketing
38	Tc00144	Opulance Technologies Private Limited	5. Passenger Information & Ticketing
39	Tc00135	Prectech	5. Passenger Information & Ticketing
40	Tc00139	Purelectron Innovation India (Opc) Private Limited	5. Passenger Information & Ticketing
41	Tc00030	Redmond Techno Service (Opc) Private Limited	5. Passenger Information & Ticketing
42	Tc00134	Salasar Ecommerce Total Solutions Private Limited	5. Passenger Information & Ticketing
43	Tc00151	Splenor Computers Private Limited	5. Passenger Information & Ticketing
44	Tc00056	Teer Mobility Solutions Private Limited	5. Passenger Information & Ticketing
45	Tc00152	Thinkseed Systems Pvt Ltd	5. Passenger Information & Ticketing
46	Tc00023	V Robotics Passenger Information Systems Private Limited	5. Passenger Information & Ticketing
47	Tc00169	Yatri Buddy	5. Passenger Information & Ticketing
48	Tc00026	Aloha Tech Ventures Private Limited	6. Grievance Redressal
49	Tc00196	Digiit Business Services Private Limited	6. Grievance Redressal
50	Tc00055	Flyby Business Solutions Private Limited	6. Grievance Redressal
51	Tc00098	Amiraj Wahan Private Limited	7. Bus Maintenance Scheduling
52	Tc00103	Qed Analyticals Limited Liability Partnership	7. Bus Maintenance Scheduling
53	Tc00100	Ravity	7. Bus Maintenance Scheduling
54	Tc00129	Salasar Ecommerce Total Solutions Private Limited	7. Bus Maintenance Scheduling
55	Tc00061	V Robotics Passenger Information Systems Private Limited	7. Bus Maintenance Scheduling
56	Tc00153	Vrishchik Technologies Llp	7. Bus Maintenance Scheduling
57	Tc00074	Agnibhu Technologies Private Limited	8. Ipt Aggregator
58	Tc00002	Chalbo India Private Limited	8. Ipt Aggregator
59	Tc00048	Flyby Business Solutions Private Limited	8. Ipt Aggregator
60	Tc00076	Jm Fleet Operations Private Limited	8. Ipt Aggregator
61	Tc00040	Kevolution Technologies Private Limited	8. Ipt Aggregator
62	Tc00024	Meiro Mobility	8. Ipt Aggregator
63	Tc00133	My Taxi India Private Limited	8. Ipt Aggregator
64	Tc00047	Onedi Smart Mobility Private Limited	8. Ipt Aggregator
65	Tc00165	Palmgini Softwares Private Limited	8. Ipt Aggregator
66	Tc00057	Paripalana Associates Private Limited	8. Ipt Aggregator
67	Tc00137	Pulpit Mobility Private Limited	8. Ipt Aggregator
68	Tc00059	Thinkcrazy Technologies Private Limited	8. Ipt Aggregator
69	Tc00125	Wizzride Technologies Private Limited	8. Ipt Aggregator
70	Tc00159	Yatri Buddy	8. Ipt Aggregator

Background

With a decline in public transport ridership in Indian cities, we need to invest in public transport as a social good, completely revamp informal transit services, and prioritise digital innovation to improve user experience. The Transport4All Challenge aims to bring together cities, citizen groups, and startups to develop solutions that improve public transport to better serve the needs of all citizens.

At the core of the Challenge are citizens who will not only define the problems for which solutions shall be created but also help startups and cities to refine the solutions to meet their needs. The first edition of the Challenge focuses on digital innovation. Cities and startups will receive guidance to develop and test various solutions, learn from them, and scale them to build people’s trust in public transport and enhance mobility. The solutions will make public transport—formal and informal— safe, convenient, and affordable for all. All the Smart Cities Mission cities, capitals of states and union territories (UTs), and all cities with a population of over five lakhs—are eligible for the Challenge.

Three Stages of the Challenge

The Transport4All through Digital Innovation Challenge comprises three stages:

Stage I PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION: Cities, with the support of NGOs, identify key recurring problems that citizens and public transport operators face

Stage II SOLUTION GENERATION: Startups develop prototypes of solutions to improve public transport with inputs from cities and NGOs

Stage III PILOT TESTING: Cities engage startups for large-scale pilots and refine the solutions based on citizen feedback

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