Winners announced for initiative to help lower emissions, reduce traffic congestion in Bengaluru

Bengaluru: Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL), the Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC), and the Electronics City Industries  Association (ELCIA), in collaboration with Toyota Mobility Foundation (TMF) and WRI India, on Wednesday announced the winners of 'STAMP: Nudging Commuter Behaviour' — an initiative that leverages behavioural science and technology to help public agencies lower emissions, reduce traffic congestion and encourage commuters to shift from personal vehicles to shared and sustainable modes of transport. 

The winners, selected from 32 applications, are CommuteVerse, Nippon Koei Business Partners Co Ltd, Orbit Wallet and Tummoc. They will receive a combined grant of $100,000 to demonstrate their solutions. Pilot demonstrations are set to roll out in August 2025 in and around Electronics City. 

As part of a broader initiative, the Station Access and Mobility Programme (STAMP) launched an innovation challenge on April 11, 2025, inviting startups, technology firms and solution providers to co-develop scalable mobility interventions that can increase metro ridership, especially in last-mile segments. 

"STAMP was initiated in 2016 to promote better multimodal integration with the metro, and thereby providing the best commuter experience. We aim to demonstrate how behavioural science can be seamlessly integrated into transport planning to create practical commuter-first solutions that are sustainable. Through this challenge, we have seen innovative ideas that can encourage community focused decision-making, and are excited to see these solutions piloted in a real world setting, which sets the stage for replication across Bengaluru and thereafter in other cities," Pras Ganesh, Executive Programme Director, Toyota Mobility Foundation Asia, said in a statement.