72-hour transport challenge
Influence the future of Vaasa's urban development and brand at the 72-Hour Transport Challenge!
The aim of the 72-hour transport challenge is to find multidisciplinary, innovative and user-oriented solutions for the future Vaasa region from the perspective of carbon neutral transport, effortless daily life and businesses.
This competition is aimed at the students of the University of Vaasa, VAMK University of Applied Sciences and Novia University of Applied Sciences. Credits are available for the participants. In addition to the schools, the competition is made possible by the City of Vaasa, the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency, ABB Oy, the Ministry of the Environment and the Sustainable City programme that is being coordinated by it, Wasaline, and Ramboll Finland Oy.
The winner of the 2021 competition is team Puhtaan kaupungin janoiset!
When?
The competition is organised in Vaasa on 26–29 October 2021 and its duration is 72 hours. An excursion to Uumaja in the new Aurora Botnia ship is included in the competition. The competition result seminar is held 5 November and the prize for the best entry is a Liveable City excursion to Copenhagen.
Previous transport challenges
You can find out about the competition organised in Vantaa last year here, at Twitter #72tuntia or at YouTube.
Safety
The current Coronavirus situation is taken into account in the organisation of the competition and participation will be possible remotely if need be. The trip to Uumaja and the prize trip will be organised, if possible, with regard to the Coronavirus situation. If travel is not possible, the members of the winning team will receive a prize of the same value as the planned prize trip would have been.