Transport for London have announced the winning bidders to work on the FreightLab Challenge.

The FreightLab Challenge is a research project to look at how to reduce freight movement pollution and congestion in the Greater London area. 

Each of the winners are to be awarded £20,000 to develop their ideas. 



The FreightLab winners are:

– AppyWay, that aims to help cities with digital kerbside management.

– EMSOL – Air Quality Action, who work with organisations helping them taking steps towards reducing pollution caused by transport

– ENSO, a company developing more energy efficient electric vehicle tyres.

– Fernhay Partners, a firm that has developed a freight delivery solution utilising last mile delivery methods such as e-bikes and walkers

– Ford Mobility Europe, that have a software platform aimed to make deliveries more efficient by connecting van drivers with last mile couriers on foot or on bike

– Humanising Autonomy, who have developed real-time behaviour analysis for accident and near-miss prevention to increase the safety of vulnerable road users

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Freight is a major cause of pollution as while personal transport such as cars is falling in volumes, van and lorry numbers are increasing in the Capital. In the FreightLab challenge TfL is aiming at preparing for the transport trends that have become apparent as they develop further.