Grid Smarter Cities Wins ITS UK ˜Innovative App™” Award

Last night North-East based Grid Smarter Cities won the ITS UK ‘Innovative App award’ for creativity and outward thinking for their Intelligent Kerbside Management solution, ‘Kerb™.

Kerb is a patented, real-time Intelligent Kerbside Management Solution for cities. Kerb allows commercial vehicle operators to opt to book and pay to park/load unload on previously unavailable kerb space in high density, urban areas or to extend loading periods in time restricted locations.

Glen Davies, Transport & Logistics Director at AtoH, nominated Grid Smarter Cities for the award and explained “I nominated Grid Smarter Cities for the ITS Award because I believe their solution has the ability to dramatically benefit urban logistics operations whilst reducing road risk, air pollution and congestion.  I am thrilled that they have won, it’s a fantastic achievement.”

On receiving the award, Neil Herron, Founder and CEO of Grid stated “It’s an honour to be recognised by ITS UK and receive validation for the Kerb Intelligent Kerbside Management solution, which we believe will help transform how deliveries are made in cities, optimising kerb space, reducing congestion and improving air quality. Thanks to all those that have helped us get to this point – we have a very exciting future ahead.”

After a successful proof of concept, the Kerb solution was awarded Innovate UK funding in 2017 for a 18 month First of a Kind” project, with Grid Smarter Cities now deploying the Kerb solution in various boroughs across London, the UK, Ireland and Internationally throughout 2018 and 2019.

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Grid Smarter Cities

Grid Smarter Cities is an eco-system of smart solutions – connecting communities and people with transport, parking, goods and services.

There are a number of inter-connecting companies and solutions under the Grid umbrella including Kerb, a Real Time Dynamic, Intelligent Kerbside Management Solution for Cities.

Kerb allows commercial vehicle operators to opt to book and pay to park/load unload on previously unavailable kerb space in high density, urban areas or to extend loading periods in time restricted locations.

Grid also has a number of Patents for their technologies, covering the both the UK and Internationally.

More information on Kerb can be found at gridsmartercities.com.

You can find Grid on twitter @gridsmartercity.

ITS UK Awards

The first ITS United Kingdom Awards were made in connection with the 2006 ITS World Congress in London and every year since then, this awards program has been integral in acknowledging and valuing the importance of professional ITS expertise whilst raising awareness across all levels of government bodies and communities about the benefits and value of ITS technologies to our cities, economy, environment, transportation and everyday lives.

ITS – Intelligent Transport Systems

ITS United Kingdom, the UK association for the promotion of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), is a not-for-profit public/private sector association financed by members’ subscriptions, and provides a forum for all organisations concerned with ITS. We work to bring the benefits that ITS can offer in terms of economic efficiency, transport safety, and environmental benefits to the United Kingdom – and at the same time expand the ITS market.