“Manchester Prize has enabled everything. It has served as the starting point for scaling TraffEase, unlocking technology advancement, organisational growth, and real impact. The Prize served as initial funding to transform university research into deployment-ready innovation, enabling real-world application with our city partners to amplify the impact of our technology. Since our last conversation, we have developed a first functioning prototype for these partners, validated our value proposition, and have already begun supporting their efforts to ease congestion and promote sustainable transport”