At InformNorden & Kollektivkonferansen2025, two different awards will be presented:
NORDIC PUBLIC TRANSPORT DESIGN AWARD
We are pleased to continue the well-received initiative from 2022 and invite all Public Transport Authorities (PTAs) in the Nordic countries to participate in this year’s NORDIC PUBLIC TRANSPORT DESIGN AWARD
The winners will be announced at InformNorden in Oslo on 28 October 2025.
In 2025, InformNorden and Kollektivkonferansen join forces to spark collaboration and ideas across the Nordic public transport sector, shaping a transport system that is not only resilient but built for the future.
This award celebrates customer-focused design and innovation in public transport across the Nordic region. It highlights outstanding examples where design and innovation add value, accessibility, impact, and customer satisfaction.
One winner will be selected in each category. All nominees will be featured digitally, and shortlisted submissions will be presented on LinkedIn for a “most liked” recognition.
Categories
Digital Service: For submissions demonstrating how digital services, transport data, AI, or other innovative solutions make travel easier, more convenient, and more reliable.
Innovation: For submissions showcasing game-changing solutions that make public transportation more accessible, sustainable, and user-friendly. Includes analogue, digital, and hybrid initiatives that enhance the passenger experience and advance public transport.
How to submit
- Submissions must have been launched within the past three years. Each PTA may submit one entry per category.
- Submissions should be digital and include:
- A short video or slideshow (max. 90 seconds): A clear, self-explanatory presentation to be shown at InformNorden’s plenary session on 28 October 2025 and published on the InformNorden website.
- A hero image: A single image representing your submission, to be used on social media and the InformNorden website.
- Written and visual project documentation: This material will form the basis for jury evaluation and should include:
- Category – Which category your project is submitted under.
- Design & functionality – An overview of the submission and the problems solved for users.
- Customer value – How it has impacted commuters/customers and the value created.
- Innovation – The innovative elements and why they represent a new way of thinking.
- Effect & results – The measurable outcomes achieved.
- Cost-effectiveness – Investment level and potential for long-term cost reduction.
Deadline: 3 October 2025
Submit to: design@informnorden.org
Evaluation
A jury of representatives from five PTAs will assess all submissions based on:
- Design & functionality (1–5)
- Customer value (1–5)
- Innovation (1–5)
- Effect & results (1–5)
- Cost-effectiveness (1–5)
Prizes
Winners in each category will receive a specially designed award and diploma. All nominees will receive recognition and a digital diploma package.
We look forward to your submissions and to celebrating the very best in Nordic public transport design with you in Oslo!
The Organizing Committee
design@informnorden.org
Winning Entries 2022
Accessibility
C30 – A Metro for everyone
SL, Region Stockholm, Sweden
Motivation
The best of the best example of how a design process driven by customer-orientation and customer-participation, results in a vehicle where design elements and digital
solutions together create a metro for all, in real life.
Digital service and wayfinding
More flexibility in commenting with the renewed HSL Commuter Benefit
HSL, Helsinki, Finland
Motivation
The best of the best example of how a customer-oriented, digital solution increases both simplicity and cost-effectiveness in commuting. And most important of all, a solution that raises the numbers of travellers, making public transport grow in the ”New Normal”.
ÅRETS ILDSJEL I KOLLEKTIVTRAFIKKEN
På konferansen InformNorden & Kollektivkonferansen2025 som avholdes 28.-29. oktober skal prisen for Årets ildsjel i kollektivtrafikken deles ut.
Kandidatene nomineres av bransjen selv. Fristen for dette er 10. september. Etter det blir det opptil juryen å velge ut én verdig vinner av prisen «Årets ildsjel i kollektivtrafikken 2025»!
Nominasjonen sendes til: post@kollektivtrafikk.no.
Nedenfor finner du kriteriene for prisen.
Deles ut til en person som oppfyller alle eller noen av kriteriene nedenfor:
- Er engasjert og aktiv og bidrar til samarbeid
- Er entusiastisk og inspirerer andre
- Er nytenkende og er en pådriver for utvikling i sitt felt
- Bidrar til bærekraftig mobilitet og nye mobilitetsløsninger
- Er en god ambassadør for bransjen
- Er en pådriver for innovasjon og samarbeid
- Prisen er en jurypris som deles ut på Kollektivkonferansen.
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