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Volvo Sustainable Mobility Awards

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About Volvo Sustainable Mobility Awards

In 2011, Volvo Buses instituted the Volvo Sustainable Mobility Awards

with an aim to create a culture of supporting progressive and practical

steps that deliver sustainable transport solutions. At Volvo we know that

collaboration is key and hence we created this platform. We know that the

cause on hand required the support of many individuals. The award aimed

to engage with all stakeholders in the in public transportation and support

them.

From then on the Volvo Sustainable Mobility Awards evinced raised

interest levels from various stakeholders from across cities in India. An

interesting aspect is the interpretation of “sustainable mobility” among all

stakeholders. So while the initiatives are quite different in terms of the

problem at the core, they all eventually aimed at impacting the society in

a positive way.

Efforts are focused on multiple areas of sustainable transport & mobility

such as urban planning for streets, commuter rail, bicycling, solutions for

making bus transport system efficient, route planning & rationalisation,

new technologies for efficient performances, car-pooling, and even bus

pooling! But this could evolve and diversify more in the coming years.

The Volvo Sustainable Mobility Awardsis given under the aegis of the

Sweden-India Nobel Memorial Week and during the Volvo Nobel Memorial

Seminar.

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The Volvo Nobel Memorial Seminar holds panel discussions which include

a cross-section of panellists and audience from among authorities, citizens

groups & NGOs, academia, media and industry.

The Jury for the Volvo Sustainable Mobility Award includes subject matter

experts from various fields. They were given the onerous task of assessing

each of the projects submitted to them for evaluation. The entire process

of assessment is done in a transparent manner and after deliberations &

discussions to come to a decision.

This year we will be conducting the 6th edition of the Volvo Sustainable

Mobility Awards.

We are inviting registrations now. We are encouraging participation from

all stakeholders working in the area of sustainable mobility. Like in the

previous editions, we expect the entries to be more and more innovative

and various sections of the society are targeted for development. From

towns to cities, to metros, people are now aware of the pressing need for

sustainable mobility and are coming up with practical solutions.

The contest is open to people who want to make a difference and who

have made a difference in the area of sustainable mobility.

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MEET THE WINNERS2015

Winner: Mapunity

Runner up II: Arrive Safe

Runner up I: CGM

Special Recognition: PMPL, PCMC, PMC and ITDP

Special Recognition: AICTSL

Winner:

Runner up I:

Mapunity

Centre for Green Mobility (Ahmedabad Traffic Police)

Buscloud

The Crosswalk Lab

The objective of the project is the development and deployment of cloud-hosted software technologies and tools, to enable efficient operations of public bus services across the country

The project was laid out with the following objectives:

- build capacity of traffic managing officials

- To provide a safety of pedestrians and bicyclist at intersections

Project:

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Objective:

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Runner up II: Arrive Safe

Advocacy against Drink Driving & DUI

To reduce the road crashes occurring due to driving under the influence of poppy. Largely drivers of commercial vehicles consume the drug, which is cheap and easily available. The fleet owners serve he drug to the drivers under a misconception that after consumption the drivers don’t get tired and stay alert, and hence perform better.

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Objective:

Outstanding Contribution to Sustainable Mobility Atal Indore City Transport Services Ltd (AICTSL)

AICTSL was set up in 2006, with the objective of regulating and monitoring formal public transport services in Indore. Subsequently, employing a an innovative PPP model, AICTSL started city bus services. Presently about 100 city buses cater to about 100,000 passengers per day, which is approximately 4% of the total trips

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Project: Ibus BRTS (BUS Rapid Transit System) Indore

Outstanding Contribution to Sustainable Mobility Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal LtdPimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation Pune Municipal Corporation Institute for Transportation and Development Policy

Project: Rainbow BRT

To reduce the reliance on personal motorized vehicles (PMV) for people’s daily commute. A true Mass Rapid Transit system that provides high quality, rapid, predictable and reliable, safe and attractive public transport to the masses provides a viable option to PMV. The objective of “Rainbow BRT” project is to build such an MRT system.

Objective:


Winner: Centre for Green Mobility

Runner up II: Center for Rural Development

Runner up I: G-Auto

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Winner:

Runner up I:

Centre for Green Mobility

G-Auto

Diu Bicycle Network Planning & Infrastructure Design

G-Auto

The project was laid out with the following objectives:

- To encourage usage of bicycles, provide a safe ‘Right of Way’, to re-brand Diu as ‘India’s cycling destination’ and Protect environment

G-Auto was set up with a purpose to organise the largest non-public mass transport system of India. It endeavoured to empower the commuters with help of technology and training to drivers that result into giving better life and enhanced income to the drivers. G-Auto initiative aimed to disrupt the street held hiring culture of the auto rickshaw in Indian cities.

It demonstrated the potential to save enormous amount of bio-fuel by minimising the dead miles of auto rickshaws. The mass execution of the project is expected to reduce road congestion and pollution in the cities

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The Corporation of Chennai intended a shift from car-centric development, to pedestrian-friendly and public transport-oriented mixed use development. Through this project, the Corporation aimed to re imagine the city of Chennai as one that acknowledges that public spaces are for all users, not just for cars.

Runner up II:

Special Recognition:

Center for Rural Development

Corporation of Chennai

Rickshaw Bank

Chennai Street Design Project

Rickshaw Bank is working with an objective to provides a puller with an newly designed rickshaw (originally designed by Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati) for an equal amount to the daily rent which will applied towards eventual ownership of the rickshaw, social security, insurance, uniform,licenses, photo ID and training so that the Rickshaw Pullers community grow inclusively with dignity in India.

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Joint Winner: Arrivesafe Joint Winner: Mumbai Environmental Socia Network

Runner up: Ecocabs Special Recognition: Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System (DIMTS) Ltd

Special Recognition: EMBARQ India


Joint Winner:

Joint Winner:

Arrivesafe

Mumbai Environmental Social Network

To reduce the number of road crashes due to drunken driving

Making bus stops in Mumbai intelligent and informative for passengers

The objective of the Project was to reduce the number of Road Crashes due to Drunken Driving in the North Indian States of Punjab and Haryana. The outcome of the project directly or indirectly affected nearly 20 million people.

Mumbai with a population of more than 13 million is spread over an area of 440 sq.km. To cater to the movement of this huge population over such a vast area, the city offers transportation in the form of suburban rails, buses, Intermediate Public Transport in the form of auto-rickshaws and taxis, apart from private vehicles.

Against this background, MESN conducted a survey and found that some information system regarding destination of the bus services and locations through which the routes pass was needed for convenience of passengers. Hence, MESN came up with the idea of installing a route map at the bus stop.

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Runner up: Ecocabs

World’s first dial-a-cycle rickshaw scheme

The objectives of the project were two-pronged. While it endeavoured to promote cycle rickshaws as an affordable means of sustainable urban transport especially for shorter distances, it also focused on strengthening the existing unorganized network of cycle rickshaws.

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EMBARQ India

Towards a Walkable and Sustainable Bengaluru. A Safe Access Project for Indiranagar Metro Station

The intent of the Safe Access Project is to show how access to the Metrostation maybe enhanced and be a priority in an environment that anticipates increased densityand rapid urban transformation.

• Todevelopsafeaccess,bywalkandcycle,tometro stations from a distance of500 metres

• Toensuresafeandeasyintegrationofmetropassengers with other publictransport and intermediate public transport modes

• Todesigntheenvironmenttoallowforcomfortable, efficient and easy access tothe metro station

• Toensurethroughdesignproposalsthatthestreet and pavement space respondsto needs of a rapidly transforming neighbourhood

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Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System (DIMTS) Ltd

Real-time Bus Arrival Information System & Delhi Transit Bus Info

Application

With an aim to provide users with relevant information through the latest web and mobile based technologies on bus operations & schedules and to give people the opportunity to plan their journey, DIMTS developed a Real-time Bus Arrival Information System which uses an AVL system to find in real time the location of buses on a route and uses machine learning based techniques to predict the ETA of the buses on subsequent bus stops on the route. This information, packaged with a plethora of other services, is made easily available to the passengers through the Delhi Transit Bus Info mobile application. In addition, the information is also made available on the DIMTS website as well the Passenger Information System (PIS) boards on selected bus stops.

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Runner up: Praja

Joint Winners: EMBARQ India and Indian Urban Space Foundation

Special Recognition: IIT-Madras


Joint Winner: Embarq India

Improving bus transport along major arterials in Bangalore

EMBARQ India identified Hosur Road as one of 12 major arterial roads in Bangalore connecting the city centre to Electronics City.The Hosur Road Corridor Improvement Project was a pilot project for improving the efficiency and quality of public transport services along major arterial roads in Bangalore. The main aim was to reorganise bus services from the existing Direct Services Model to the Connective System Model. In order to achieve this, the project consisted of 5 components: Route Rationalisation; Service Optimisation; Naming Convention; Fare Restructuring; and Transfer Facility Planning.The overall goal for this project was to reduce travel time by an average of 20 minutes for 275,000 people daily.

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Joint Winner: Indian Urban Space Foundation

TenderSure

Project Tender SURE (Specifications for Urban Road Execution) was conceived and developed by India Urban Space Foundation (IUSF). In Bangalore, Tender SURE has been supported and championed by leaders and business stalwarts of Bangalore City Connect Foundation BCCF, and is being executed by the Government of Karnataka. It is a groundbreaking project that tackles the chaos caused by poor planning of India’s urban roads – providing a systematic and disciplined way to address the details of design, procurement and execution of city roads.

Tender SURE specifically addresses areas such as planning of road networks, integration with various options of public transport, and enhancing the life cycle of the roads constructed, among others.

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Runner up: Praja

NammaRailu

Praja has been spearheading this initiative since 2007. The aim of this project was to address the commuting needs of people in the peripheral areas of Bangalore in a cost efficient and timely manner.

Praja’s objective was to campaign for the introduction of environment-friendly and sustainable Commuter Rail Services on existing routes to improve connectivity for suburban residents to downtown Bangalore whilst maintaining infrastructure investments at optimum levels.

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IIT-Madras

Development and Implementation of a Real Time Bus Arrival Prediction System under Indian Traffic Conditions

Project:

The main objective of the project is the development and field implementation of passenger information system that can efficiently provide accurate, real time bus arrival time information under Indian traffic conditions. Prototypes for information dissemination through bus stop message boards and kiosks, web pages and mobile phones are also developed.

Objective:

Winner: Mapunity


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Winner: Mapunity

Innovative solutions for sustainable transport in cities

With increasing urbanisation, cities are struggling to cope with the problems of traffic management and the parallel need for continuous improvement in transportation solutions. Mapunity projects in mobility aimed to address both these problems - the demand management side and improve the administration of supply. Together, the two trajectories could improve traffic flows in the city and also bring efficiency to public transport services.

Mapunity focused its efforts on addressing two interlinked issues of Traffic and Transportation as part of its initiative.The project provided two solutions, both of which were implemented in Bangalore city. One, Mapunity devised the Direction Based Service of BMTC buses, aimed at providing mobility to people along the peripheral areas of the city to the centre of the city. Two, a live traffic management system implemented with the help of the Traffic Police in Bangalore.

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1. The Volvo Sustainable Mobility Awards is offered by Volvo between August 2016 and November 2016 in India. By applying for this award the applicant agrees to and accepts all terms and conditions and the procedure set out by Volvo.

2. Organisations directly involved with manufacturing or operating public transport as part of their business are not eligible for the main award.

3. Employees of any of Volvo Group companies in India and their family members are not allowed to participate in this award. Volvo Group in India comprises:

a. Volvo India Pvt Ltd. b. VE Commercial Vehicles Ltd. c. Business associates of any of the above mentioned entities (dealers, suppliers, consultants)

4. Any entries received after the deadline for last receipt, i.e., 20th October, 2016 will not be accepted.

5. A three stage process will be followed, comprising: a. Initial Screening of Applications – Applications will be screened to eliminate incomplete or

wrongly filled ones and a preliminary assessment of the entries will be done. b. Assessment & Jury shortlist – A special panel of experts will be constituted to review the

shortlisted applications. Participants may be contacted for field visits/interviews upon review of their projects

c. Award Function – An award function will be held during the Volvo Nobel Memorial Seminar where the winners will be announced by Volvo

6. Entries will be evaluated largely on the following parameters: a. Innovativeness of the idea b. Practical Implementation c. Level of Engagement with the Society – Demonstrated or Potential d. Achievements – Existing/Potential Impact

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Terms & Conditions forVOLVO SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY AWARDS

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7. Projects submitted for evaluation should be authentic and should be an original work in terms of on ground work undertaken, implementation and results submitted for assessment.

NOTE: It should not be a reproduction of work done by anyone.

8. If any instance of plagiarism or theft of Intellectual Property arises, Volvo can initiate action against the said individual/group/organisation

a. Project reports which contain verbatim content directly accessed from public internet sites (Wikipedia, Social Media sites/websites of companies/organisations/NGOs, among others) will not be considered for assessment

b. Images submitted along with the project reports should be taken by the participant c. Images sourced from the public internet sites (Google, Twitter, Facebook, Pintrest, FourSquare,

other social networking sites, websites of companies/organisations/NGOs, blogs, etc.) should have permission from the original owners along with a disclaimer for the same

9. All selections and/or decisions made by Volvo in relation to this Award (including without limitation, the selection of winners) will be final and conclusive. No enquiries or complaints will be accepted or entertained. Winners will be announced at the award function, which will be held during the Volvo Nobel Memorial Seminar

10. Volvo reserves the absolute right to, at its sole discretion, amend, vary and/or withdraw any of the terms and conditions of this Award without any prior notice and the same shall be binding on all applicants.

11. Volvo will not share the details of the projects with any third party without the consent of the individual/group/ organization.

12. Volvo will put the top entries assessed by the jury, basis the recommendations from the jury members, on its website of Volvo Buses in India.

13. For the visits and interviews (if required), applicants called are requested to bring their proof of identification without which they will not be interviewed. As such any requirement for field visits/interviews will be solely based on the jury’s need to undertake such activities for further evaluation of any project.

14. Volvo reserves the right to disqualify any applicant if it has grounds to believe that the applicant has breached any of the rules or Terms & Conditions.

15. Volvo also reserves the right to cancel or postpone the awards activity itself without prior notice at any time before declaration of the results.

16. Nothing contained herein will be construed to constitute a contract between Volvo, any participant and/or participating organisations

- Information about this Award program is correct at the time of publication. - Applicants can visit www.volvobuses.co.in to refer to the Application Guidelines and for the

most updated Terms & Conditions - Interested participants can register here for the Volvo Sustainable Mobility Awards 2016

7. Projects submitted for evaluation should be authentic and should be an original work in terms of on groundwork undertaken, implementation and results submitted for assessment

a. It should not be a reproduction of work done by anyone

8. If any instance of plagiarism or theft of Intellectual Property arises, Volvo can initiate action against the saidindividual/group/organisation

a. Project reports which contain verbatim content directly accessed from public internet sites(Wikipedia, websites of companies/organisations/NGOs, etc.) will not be consideredfor assessment

b. Images submitted along with the project reports should be taken by the participantc. Images sourced from the public internet sites (Google, Twitter, Facebook, Pintrest, FourSquare,

other social networking sites, websites of companies/organisations/NGOs, blogs, etc.) shouldhave permission from the original owners along with a disclaimer for the same

9. All selections and/or decisions made by Volvo in relation to this Award (including without limitation, theselection of winners) will be final and conclusive. No enquiries or complaints will be accepted or entertained.Winners will be announced at the award function, which will be held during the Volvo Nobel MemorialSeminar

Volvo reserves the absolute right to, at its sole discretion, amend, vary and/or withdraw any of the terms andconditions of this Award without any prior notice and the same shall be binding on all applicants

Volvo will not share the details of the projects with any third party without the consent of the individual/group/organisation

Volvo will put the top entries assessed by the jury, basis the recommendations from the jury members, on itscompany website

For the visits and interviews (if required), applicants called are requested to bring their proof of identificationwithout which they will not be interviewed. As such any requirement for field visits/interviews will be solelybased on the jury’s need to undertake such activities for further evaluation of any project

Volvo reserves the right to disqualify any applicant if it has grounds to believe that the applicant has breachedany of the rules or Terms & Conditions

Volvo also reserves the right to cancel or postpone the awards activity itself without prior notice at any timebefore declaration of the results

Nothing contained herein will be construed to constitute a contract between Volvo, any participant and/orparticipating organisations

Information about this Award program is correct at the time of publication. Applicants can visit www.volvobuses.co.in to refer to the Application Guidelines and for the most updated Terms & Conditions.

Interested participants can register here for the Volvo Sustainable Mobility Awards 2015.

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Application Guidelines forVOLVO SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY AWARDS

All applicants are requested to prepare the report in the format the following for final submissions.

• Clear objective defining the project

• Purpose and scope of the project

• Achievements till date

• Next steps planned

• References

• CV of the group/individuals involved

In order for shortlisting, please ensure…

• Summary of the project is presented in 3 pages and in the same structure as for the project report

• Clear chapters in the documents as mentioned in the format

• Maximum 25 pages (excluding the summary and CV/profiles)

• Quantification of achievements wherever possible

• CV/Profile of the group/individuals involved

The scoring for the various nominations will largely be done with the following criteria:

• Innovativeness of the idea

• Practical Implementation

• Level of Engagement with the Society

• Achievements – Existing/Potential Impact

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All entries should be sent to Satyanarayan Doraiswami.Via email: [email protected]

Via Post/Courier: Satyanarayan DoraiswamiVolvo Buses India Pvt LtdMarketing DepartmentYalachahally, Tavarekere Post, Hosakote Taluk, Bengaluru - 562122Karnataka, IndiaCell: +91 99016 53252Telephone: +91 80 6712 1358

IMPORTANT NOTES: 1. The final report can be sent via email or post/courier to reach us latest by October 25, 2015.

.Submissions received after this date will not be considered for evaluation

2. All submissions that do not conform to the above mentioned format for preparing the report will notbe considered for evaluation


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All entries should be sent to Satyanarayan Doraiswami.Via email: [email protected]

Via Post/Courier: Satyanarayan DoraiswamiVolvo Buses India Pvt LtdMarketing DepartmentYalachahally, Tavarekere Post, Hosakote Taluk, Bengaluru - 562122Karnataka, IndiaCell: +91 99016 53252Telephone: +91 80 6712 1358

IMPORTANT NOTES: 1. The final report can be sent via email or post/courier to reach us latest by October 25, 2015.

.Submissions received after this date will not be considered for evaluation

2. All submissions that do not conform to the above mentioned format for preparing the report will notbe considered for evaluation


DEADLINES

Last date for registrations: October 05, 2016

Last date for submission of final entries: October 20, 2016

Announcement of winner: In November. Date will be intimated later

Please visit www.volvobuses.co.in to refer to the Application Guidelines and Terms & Conditions for

eligibility.


All entries should be sent to Sridhar Chari. Via email Via email:[email protected], and [email protected]

Via Post/Courier: Mr. Sridhar Chari Head - Engage Volvo Buses, (A Division of Volvo India Pvt Ltd.)208/205, B-Wing, Floral Deck Plaza,MIDC, Central Road,Near SEEPZ,Andheri (East), Mumbai - 400 093Mobile: +91 98208 18334Telephone: +91-22-2834 5020

IMPORTANT NOTES:

1. The final report can be sent via email or post/courier to reach us latest by October 20, 2016. Submissions received after this date will not be considered for evaluation.

2. All submissions that do not conform to the above mentioned format for preparing the report will not be considered for evaluation.

http://www.vsma-volvobus.com/reference/Application%20Guidelines_VSMA2016.pdf

http://www.vsma-volvobus.com/reference/VOLVO_VSMA2016_TERMS&CONDITIONS.pdf

http://www.vsma-volvobus.com

For information on Volvo Sustainable Mobility Awards 2016

Please Contact:

Sridhar Chari Head – Volvo Engage

Volvo Buses (A Division of VIPL) B/208, Floral Deck Plaza, Off MIDC Central Road,

Near SEEPZ, Andheri (E), Mumbai - 400093

Cell: +91 98208 18334

Landline: +91 22 2834 5020 E-mail: [email protected]

www.volvobuses.co.in

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