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DETROIT, May 30, 2024 ~ The Toyota Mobility Foundation’s Sustainable Cities Challenge has selected Detroit, Varanasi, and Venice to host innovation challenge initiatives.
The goal of the $9 million global initiative is to help cities accelerate toward sustainable mobility, fostering healthier and safer urban environments while enhancing people’s ability to commute, work, study, and access services. Detroit has launched a global call for innovators to transform freight in the city’s historic Eastern Market district as part of the Toyota Mobility Foundation’s $9 million challenge.
Detroit’s initiative invites innovators from across the globe to access a share of $3 million in funding per city to create solutions that will reduce emissions, noise, air pollution, and operational costs. Over 150 cities from 46 countries entered the challenge after the call to cities was first launched in June 2023 and over the last months.
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(CONTINUED) Detroit’s initiative invites innovators from across the globe to access a share of $3 million in funding per city to create solutions that will reduce emissions, noise, air pollution, and operational costs. Over 150 cities from 46 countries entered the challenge after the call to cities was first launched in June 2023 and over the last months.
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