1st Y4PT GLOBAL TRANSPORT HACKATHON

The Youth For Public Transport (Y4PT) Foundation (http://www.y4pt.org/),  UITP Members and other stakeholders, and following a long-standing tradition of Y4PT Youth Lab series, has promoted the organization of local transport hackathons around the world,  in collaborative environments, with the aim of advancing transport sector towards sustainability.

We are now inviting Montreal locals  to join the winners from each local transport hackathon and several international enthusiasts at the  1st Y4PT Global Transport Hackathon Montreal 2017 (http://www.y4pt.org/projects/youth-meeting/montreal-2017/) in the framework of the 62nd UITP Global Public Transport Summit Montreal 2017 (http://www.uitpsummit.org/) – the world’s oldest and largest sustainable transport event – to contest in a final round for unveiling the world’s best ground-breaking transport solutions.

Many cities around the world such as Almaty (Kazakhstan), Bogotá (Colombia), Brescia (Italy), Brussels (Belgium), Cambridge (England), Cape Town (South Africa), Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Eindhoven (Netherlands), Ghent (Belgium), Kampala (Uganda), Lisbon (Portugal), Madrid (Spain), Manchester (England), Medellín (Colombia), Santiago de Chile (Chile), Skopje (Macedonia-FYROM), São Paulo (Brazil), Stockholm (Sweden), Zagreb (Croatia) among others, have hosted the first local transport hackathons.