List of hackathons about transport in 2016

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), collaboration with Automatic Labs, are pleased to host this Connected Car Hackathon, an event focused on making technologies for the safer smart-driver of tomorrow. Bringing together programmers, developers, artists, technologists, data analysts, environmental stewards, travel behaviour experts, commuters, and others who are interested in using technology to address this region’s transportation challenges. Participants will have the opportunity to use data sets coming from connected cars to build apps and tools that encourage smarter driving, safer driving, and maybe even encourage travellers to consider alternate travel options. So come to develop apps and tools to encourage smart driving and/or solve transportation and mobility challenges!

The Advance Team and GDG ENSI, in partnership with the Ministry of Communications and the Digital Economy Technologies, are organizing the first edition of their flagship event "Hack4TN". The theme of this event is "Young Gathered For A More Sure Tunisia". A theme that applies to both the field of ICT as well as any other area. Be prepared for a unique experience! Hack4TN will include: a panel discussion where experts will be invited to discuss a topic related to the theme, lectures presented by national and international renowned speakers, a hackathon where young programmers develop an application that could really contribute to the development of Tunisia, booths where partners can showcase their companies and their products, and several workshops on various themes!

This is a hackathon which will take place at the Harvard Innovation Lab at Harvard Business School inviting all entrepreneurs, doctors, law makers, engineers, political specialists, data scientists, managers, students, professionals, and space-fans to come along and address practical issues that arise from space exploration. Hack solutions to biomedical, social, policy and investment challenges to people prospering in deep space.

This hackathon is hosted by the GSD African American Student Union who have been working on a research initiative entitled “Map the Gap,” which investigates spatial, socioeconomic, and political inequities in ten U.S. cities. #HacktoMaptheGa will aim to bring together students, practitioners, academics, and community members to further conversations about inequity in the nation’s urban centers. You will gather data and information across four main categories including: housing, education, transit/job access and crime, and discuss the results of the research together. The initiative is rooted in U.S. current events. It analyzes recent police shootings by contextualizing fatal encounters within their built environment. This event hopes to drive constructive conversations around inequity, begin to reframe alternate modes of decision making/ policymaking, and offer a new model for learning and teaching within academia.

Join this Microsoft Dev Camps, a free, hands-on, technical training events for developers, led by Microsoft experts. At this full-day event, you’ll get the chance to build apps using the Universal Windows Platform, learn how to build an adaptive UI, plus learn how to spruce up your app with new features, including Live Tile, interactive notifications and more. If you already have a project in the works, there’s still plenty to learn about what’s new in developing for Windows 10 devices.

Come to this hackathon to help make the city of San Diego one of the greenest and most connected cities in the world. Register for this San Diego Smart City Hackathon Kickoff & Info Session, to learn more about the format, specific objectives, challenges, tools and data sets for solving real city problems based on input from multiple city departments. The target is to come up with original creative solutions to difficult city problems, which require wireless sensors and a lot of data. Something, which has not been done before. Come to this info session to take part in this event and learn more about the hackathon!

For this edition of Apps For Ghent you will focus on geodata and maps. There are two types of participants. One to be taking part in the "from scratch hackaton", where you will have to start with nothing and produce a tangible, working (web)application or visualisation by noon, and the other one to be taking part in the "showcase" where you will prepare ahead, continue to work during the hackathon and pitch your concept, prototype, idea to the jury. You may also attend the afternoon program as a visitor and see what the contestants have come up with.

Hackathon Trieste is a 27-hour marathon non-stop in which teams of programmers, designers and artists will think of and realize services (web and app) that can improve the functioning of the city and the quality of life in Trieste. All teams will be provided with data sets and access to databases relating to mobility and environment.

This is a 48-hour hackathon to reinvent the subway of the future and revolutionize user experience by ALSTOM. The event is open to everyone: developers, makers, engineers, super-holders ... The goal of this challenge is to develop innovative projects using all data at your disposal to revolutionize underground transport. There will be cash prizes for the three best projects!

Let’s get back to the future with the Alstom hackathon! Get onboard the train of 2030 and free your mind to imagine how it will revolutionize the journey of its passengers. The city of Paris will open its data and Alstom will share it’s datas on the metros equipped with sensors, so you’ll code in real conditions. No restriction, you can develop either mobile or web apps or connected objects, only your imagination is the limit. For a little training, join the Ideation Workshop on March 8th at école 42 to grow or present your idea. Don’t miss the train and register!