Innovative Traffic Challenge in LA Metro

Sascha Haselmayer
BidSpark
Published in
1 min readNov 4, 2019

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“Think You Can Solve Traffic?”

LA Metro, Los Angeles, California

Through the “Think You Can Solve Traffic?” Challenge, The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LA Metro) sought solutions for traffic that aligned with its Vision 2028 goals to reduce congestion and gridlock. They were interested in submissions from multi-disciplinary teams of technologists, investors, scientist, urbanists, who could bring in expertise from a wide-range of backgrounds.

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Opened: November 20th, 2018

Closed: January 31st, 2019

The BidSpark Difference

Categories Found

  • Autonomous Vehicles
  • Urban Mobility
  • First Mile/Last Mile
  • Transportation Technology
  • Vision Zero

# Vendors in BidSpark Database 1948# Verified Planholders * 338

* Vendor who accessed LA Metro’s challenge page through invitation from BidSpark

Key Takeaways

LA Metro unveiled their “Think You Can Solve Traffic?” challenge not just to engage vendors, but also to engage the broader public on how they could achieve their future goals. They delivered excellent results — including 55 qualified submissions — by embracing modern marketing best practices.

Originally published by Citymart BidSpark in January 2019

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Sascha Haselmayer
BidSpark

Passionate about The Slow Lane, real change, social + city innovation, delightful procurement @ Ashoka fmr Fellow @ New America | Founder/CEO Citymart