Deadline: 14-Jan-22
TransLink is seeking innovative ideas that address key challenges regarding fleet energy optimization and scheduling to reduce GHG emissions.
As the regional transportation authority for Metro Vancouver, TransLink plans, operates, and maintains bus, SeaBus, SkyTrain, West Coast Express, and HandyDART services, as well as five of the region’s bridges. TransLink also shares responsibility with local governments for the Major Road Network and walking and cycling infrastructure.
In October of 2018, the Mayors’ Council and TransLink Board of Directors approved environmental sustainability targets to reduce greenhouse gas emission by 80% by 2050 and to utilize 100% renewable energy in all operations by 2050. Meeting TransLink’s GHG reduction goals requires the implementation of cleaner, low carbon technologies, progressive policies and clean energy investments.
To achieve these goals, the Mayors’ Council on Regional Transportation outlined priority transportation improvements for the region in the 10-Year Vision. The 10-Year Vision reflects the consensus of local governments in Metro Vancouver and has been broadly supported by community, environmental, labour, and business stakeholders.
In 2016, the Mayors’ Council and the Government of British Columbia reached a funding agreement for Phase One of the 10-Year Vision. In collaboration with the Government of British Columbia, the Mayors’ Council has now reached a funding agreement to advance Phase Two of the 10-Year Vision.
Benefits
- Participation in a high-quality EU programme that seeks to streamline state-of-the-art technologies and sustainable solutions into the Canadian Market;
- Tailored delivery of technical assistance and business coaching to enable Joint Business Concepts (JBCs) between EU SMEs & Canadian Buyers.
- The opportunity to work directly with a Canadian buyer that is actively seeking innovative solutions.
Eligibility Criteria
- All Challenges are fully open to all EU companies who feel they can meet the Buyer Challenge Statement.
- To facilitate purposeful business collaborations between Canadian Buyers and EU Small and Medium Enterprise (SMEs) and Small/Mid-Caps and Mature-Startups and Micro-Enterprises, that have a distinct positive low-carbon and circular economy environmental impact, are scalable, reflect a sound return on investment, and enable innovative technology transfer and business transactions.
Criteria
- TransLink is seeking low-cost, high impact solutions that will help advance fleet optimization and energy efficiency. Solutions can include, but are not limited to, renewable fuels, in-route and depot charging technologies, ridership analytics to equitably connect customers to transportation options during peak and off-peak periods and fuel supply grid optimization.
- Proponents should be able to provide initial data on market interest (i.e. initial sales data and evidence of a customer-realized value proposition), yet still be at a stage where they can benefit from a TransLink pilot or scaled deployment.
- Proponents should explain how their proposed solution meets the basic certifications and/or minimum standards required to deploy any product and/or service (i.e. CSA, Technical Safety BC, Health Canada, National Sanitation Foundation, WorkSafe BC).
- Proponents must demonstrate Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) compliance for any innovation that handles personal information. Data should be hosted in Canada and encrypted in transit and while at rest.
- If the proposal involved piloting a technology that interacts with TransLink’s system in a manner that requires either data feeds or electrical power, proponents must specify the require parameters; they should also include whether, when, and how often they would require physical access to TransLink premises.
- Proponents should explain desired contributions from TransLink.
- Proponents should explain if their solution requires exclusivity agreements and, if so, what these would entail, including boundaries.
For more information, visit https://lcbacanada.com/challenge-archive/regional-transport-decarbonisation-vec-translink/