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Win $50,000 by Solving Congestion

Posted by: Liyuan Huang

2 June 2009 - 10:00am

A new contest challenges planning professionals and ordinary people to submit their solutions for improving congestion in the United States.

"The Intelligence Transportation Society of America (ITSA) kicked off a $50,000 "Congestion Challenge" today that seeks to pair social networking with innovative transportation policy-making.

Co-sponsored by Spencer Trask, a private equity firm specializing in high-tech investments, the contest asks transportation professionals and everyday citizens to submit their proposals for clearing the nation's jam-packed roads, bridges and transitways. Each submission will be judged based on its ability to address five issues: sustainability, safety, behavioral impact, economic competitiveness, and speed & efficiency.

This democratic format appears ripe for urbanites to flood the zone with support for genuinely worthy ideas. If livable streets advocates can organize and support a congestion solution devised from within their own ranks, one can imagine a lot of state and federal DOT officials taking notice."

Full Story: Solve the Congestion Crisis And Win $50,000
Source: SF.STREETSBLOG.org, June 1, 2009
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