The First Smart Mobility Challenge on European multi-modal journey planners has already its winners. Particularly, in the category of 'operational journey planners' the two winners are Idos and Trenitalia, and in the category of 'innovative ideas' the winners are Penelope Ventures GmbH and SNCF. With this initiative, the Commission intends to promote the development of all-in-one journey planners.

Siim Kallas, Vice-President and Commissioner for mobility and transport, announced the winners of the first Smart Mobility Challenge on European multi-modal journey planners. Since the 5 of December 2011, when the electronic vote started to be operative, this competition seeks to boost the development of all-in-one journey planners, going beyond national borders and offering travel options combining different transport modes.

On this occasion, the winners in the 'operational journey planners' category are Idos (from the Czech Republic, provided by Chaps spol. s r.o.) and Trenitalia journey planner (from Italy, provided by Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane SpA). In the category of 'innovative ideas' the following winners were selected: Penelope Ventures GmbH, for its idea of Byebyehello journey planner, and SNCF for its idea of Mytripset journey planner.

The European Commission has as a priority the promotion of innovative, multi-modal journey planners. The results of the study "Towards a European Multimodal Journey Planner" shows this priority. With the first Smart Mobility Challenge, the Commission invited industry stakeholders and European citizens to submit either solutions of European (at least cross-border) multi-modal journey planners, or innovative ideas that would allow the development of such truly European and multimodal tools.