Open Data Challenge for Public Transportation 2025 Open Data Challenge for Public Transportation 2025

Result announcement

The final screening and award ceremony for the "Open Data Challenge for Public Transportation 2025 - powered by Project LINKS -" was held on February 21st.

From a large pool of entries submitted both from Japan and overseas, 13 carefully selected finalists showcased innovative ideas that unlock the full potential of public transportation open data.

Following a rigorous evaluation process, we are pleased to announce that the prestigious winning entries have been decided as follows.

 

Prize-Winner

Grand Award
Safe Pedal（"Claude Ko" Aoi Kawauchi, Ryota Kobayashi, Hibiki Mikawa, Yuzuki Kawamura, Kenta Niwa, Koyuki Sasaki, Minori Nakata,　from Miyazaki Kou Seminar, Faculty of Economics, Doshisha University）
Excellence Awards
Waaalk - Walk, Ride, and Explore（1 + 1）
Let’s Design a Comi-Bus!（Coins Dawn Igarashi and Nakajima）
Nottayo（MORI Kentaro）
Mobiviz -Demand Traffic Analysis System-（Team Mobiviz）
Judge's Special Awards
Traffic Echo（OTAKE Ryota, TACHINO Keiichi, and KAWASHIMA Ryosuke）
Suwa-Rail（MATSUBAYASHI Yusuke）
TOKYO LAST TRAIN MAP（KATO Hajime (@chizutodesign)）
MEGURU: Toei Bus Delay Prediction System（HIGUCHI Yoshiki）
EmoRoute（LEE DONGYEON）
Special Awards
East Japan Railway Company Award
EkiLink（Information Engineering Research Department, Chuo University）
Project LINKS Awards
STAYLINE（"Optimus" – Shohei Abe, So Ikai, Shinichiro Uno from Miyazaki Kou Seminar, Faculty of Economics, Doshisha University）
Suwa-Rail（MATSUBAYASHI Yusuke）
MEGURU: Toei Bus Delay Prediction System（HIGUCHI Yoshiki）
INIAD Awards
FumiReco（Aki-Hiro Sato's Seminar on School of Data Science, Yokohama City University）
EkiLink（Information Engineering Research Department, Chuo University）