The South East of Scotland Transport Partnership (SEStran), a regional transport partnership between City of Edinburgh, Clackmannanshire, East Lothian, Falkirk, Fife, Midlothian, Scottish Borders and West Lothian, has £150,000 to support up to 5 projects that look at developing a mobile app to help travellers with a disability to meet the challenges of using public transport.
Applicants shall identify and understand the challenges faced by travellers with a disability and how it affects the way they travel, to develop a mobile app that:
- incorporate journey planning and wayfinding features
- allow designated groups, such as family, emergency services and transport providers, to track the user in case of difficulty
- allow the user to ask third parties for help
- include multi-modal transport options
- have an adaptable user interface, dependent on what the disability is
- have the potential to be expanded at a later date to benefit people with disabilities not included in the initial launch.
The competition is open to companies of any size and it will start on Monday 12 November 2018. Eligible costs shall average up to £30,000 and should cover up to 6 months of project duration. The deadline for registration is at midday on 2 January 2019.
Source: InnovateUK
