Unique Efforts honoured at Volvo Sustainable Mobility Awards

The winners of the 5th Edition of the Volvo Sustainable Mobility Awards were announced in New Delhi at the Volvo Nobel Memorial Seminar 2015. The recipients showcased their initiatives addressing issues like software solutions encouraging shared mobility options; city planning focused on traffic management & pedestrian safety and Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) systems aimed at making public transport an attractive option. The Volvo Sustainable Mobility Awards carries a total cash prize of INR 12 lacs. VRV Sriprasad, Managing Director, Volvo Buses India said, “The Volvo Sustainable Mobility Awards has gained momentum since it was instituted in 2011. In its 5th Season, the awards have reached a threshold beyond which we see this becoming only bigger and better in future. At Volvo Buses, we are driven by our promise of Driving Quality of Life and the initiatives from many stakeholders reflect this essence. I congratulate all the winners for their exemplary work and urge them to continue with their efforts to make a difference.” The winner of the Volvo Sustainable Mobility Awards 2015 was Mapunity for its project ‘BusCloud’. The primary objective of the project was to develop and deploy cloud-hosted software technologies and tools to enable efficient operations of public bus services across the country.