INDIANAPOLIS — Ford and the City of Indianapolis are launching the Indianapolis City:One Challenge, a co-creation and crowdsourcing program for residents, businesses and community groups to propose and pilot solutions that improve mobility.
As cities like Indianapolis evolve and new technologies take shape, the way people move around is changing. Locally, city leaders are looking to encourage more people to use public transit by making it more accessible, efficient and affordable.
The City:One Challenge is designed to complement the city’s efforts by offering residents the opportunity to share their experiences and suggest ideas for how to solve their most pressing mobility problems. The goal is to help improve the quality of life for Indianapolis residents and visitors through dynamic mobility options that complement the existing transportation system.
Throughout the eight-month City:One Challenge program, those who live, work and play in Indianapolis are invited to explore mobility options focused around their top needs. Ford and Challenge partners also will assist with the community collaboration process and help support the challenge prize of up to $100,000 in August to fund pilots that test the top solutions.
Indianapolis residents interested in participating can go to the City: One Challenge website, https://challenges.cityoftomorrow.com/, to share their mobility experiences and sign up for community working sessions. Ford and its collaborators will combine insights from online submissions and the community workshops with advanced data analytics to help shape the issues explored by the Challenge.
The first community workshop will take place on April 17 at the John H. Boner Community Center, from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. Other workshop dates will be announced in the future. Community members, businesses, startups, and innovators can begin submitting ideas for new mobility solutions to the biggest challenges Indianapolis travelers face the week of May 29.
Indianapolis is the first city to launch the City:One Challenge in 2019. Each challenge is tailored to the specific city or county and is focused on addressing its unique needs.