Transport for Edinburgh recently partnered The City of Edinburgh Council and the Streets Ahead Campaign, on the council’s recent Edinburgh Apps Hackathon.
The idea was to devise some way of ensuring greater safety and road awareness for pupils moving up to secondary school when they might have further to walk along busy roads and across tram tracks.
The Edinburgh Apps Road Safety Hackathon brought together web designers, developers and programmers to pitch hi-tech solutions created using data made available by the Council and partner organisations.
Anaïs Moisy, Neil Wilkie and Clement Mouchet won with their concept Creative Incentives, which focused on making pedestrian crossings more appealing for all road users, from turning the crossing into a game for children to incorporating art for adults.
16-year-old winner Martha Gilmore was also awarded for her mobile app rating the safety of crossing places using GPS.
All winners were invited to Transport for Edinburgh’s Head Office to meet with Chief Executive, Ian Craig and Head of Operational Risk, Walter Herring after the event.
Ian Craig, Chief Executive of Transport for Edinburgh, said:
Safety is our number one priority, which is why we have invested heavily over the years in driver training and other initiatives. It’s also why we’ve supported this event. We really enjoyed seeing what new insights and solutions this 21st century approach can provide for the age-old challenge of keeping all road users safe.