Bombardier, a global leader in aerospace and rail transportation is inviting people to submit ideas for sustainable mobility in the urban environment.
Looking for innovative ideas about the future of public transportation in cities
Bombardier, a global leader in aerospace and rail transportation is inviting people to submit ideas for sustainable mobility in the urban environment.
The YouCity competition http://youcity.bombardier.com/ seeks to identify a whole spectrum of new innovations and ideas to demonstrate what smart urban mobility will look like in the future.
Ideas can be presented for projects in existing well developed cities or as theoretical projects for emerging cities of the future.
The YouCity contest is receiving some very unique and innovative project ideas.
Here are some of the creative submissions posted:
MegaProp Transport System – Automatic transport, pollution free without a driver.
Basic Principle - Take two magnets and a sheet of cardboard. Place one magnet M1 above the sheet and one magnet M2 below. If you will move the magnet M2 the magnet M1 will also move. You can test it by placing a toy car with ferrous base above any cardboard. Place a magnet below the cardboard surface on which toy car is standing. Now if you will move magnet along the surface of cardboard, the toy car will also move along. This is the basic principle of MegProp vehicle.
New Polyvalent Hybrid System for Intermodal Transportation.
This proposal is an increased capacity multimodal monorail system which allows for a new class of small electric vehicles to be integrated into the system in an organic manner that enables the entire system to operate as one.
Connect Public Traffic System with Individual Traffic
Connect public traffic System with Individual traffic! Create system that combines narrow streets with broad ones! Combine existing traffic systems with new ones! Adept system to target city of London!
The YouCity Bombadier contest is open to students and professionals from anywhere in the world. Ideas can be submitted from individuals or teams of up to 5 participants. Ideas can focus on:
- engineering (product definition, technical concept)
- business (business model, stakeholders, financing strategy)
- urban planning (network layout, urbanism concepts, integration)
Winners will receive 2000 euro dollars (approximately $2600) and receive an all expenses paid 4-day trip to Berlin, Germany to participate in an exclusive Innovation Workcamp, the results of which will be presented on September 20th, 2012 at InnoTrans in Berlin, the world's largest trade fair focused on the rail transport industry.
Ideas are posted online where people can review and comment openly. Candidates get the opportunity to receive feedback and exposure from people all over the world. The most active and valuable community participant will also be invited to join the winners in Berlin for the Innovation Workcamp.
To submit ideas and for more information visit: http://youcity.bombardier.com/
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