THE PROJECT
DataCity is an urban innovation programme that invites technological corporations and companies to solve urban challenges posed by Barcelona City Council, with data as their central tool. DataCity Barcelona 2018 is promoted by the Commissioner for Technology and Digital Innovation. This first edition involves tackling the challenges set out in Barcelona City Council’s Urban Mobility Plan.
THE PARTIES
Department of Strategy at the Manager's Office for Mobility and Infrastructures at Barcelona City Council, which is in charge of strategic urban-mobility planning in Barcelona and of drafting Barcelona's urban mobility plans.
Multinational company for urban services infrastructures and management.
THE CHALLENGE
This challenge is aimed at estimating the volume of urban goods distribution in Barcelona and the impact of different delivery scenarios for the end custom.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Expertise:
- Data Engineering
- Data Science & Analysis
- And having data from projects previously carried out in Barcelona relating to urban-mobility issues
Level of maturity: sufficiently advanced stage of development to have proven experience and a track history (startups or SMEs).
Dedication: you will have to dedicate between two and three months for experimenting with a solution, together with a team made up of the above-mentioned participants and the Data City facilitator team.
WHAT YOU WILL GAIN
- Developing an urban mobility project in one of the Europe’s main cities.
- Accessing a global innovation network to scale its solutions.
- Working with the operational teams of the Corporation and Barcelona City Council.
- 7,500 euros payment to cover the costs of the experimentation stage (No equity holding will be taken).
