Awards Spotlight Modeshift’s Rapid Deployment, Customer-centric Innovation and Impact on Small and Midsize Transit Systems

Modeshift has been named the winner of two Gold Stevie® Awards in the “Company of the Year” and “Technical Innovation of the Year” categories in the second annual Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence.

The Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence recognize the remarkable achievements of individuals, teams and organizations that are shaping the future of technology across all industry sectors. More than 1,500 nominations from organizations of all sizes in 36 nations and territories were submitted this year for consideration in a wide range of tech-related categories.

Modeshift’s first-place wins in two categories underscore the company’s momentum and unique value proposition in the transit technology sector. Judges were particularly impressed by the speed and scale of recent deployments, the company’s focus on flexibility and accessibility for small and midsize transit systems and its commitment to digital equity.

Their comments offer a glimpse into why Modeshift stood out among a competitive field of global nominees:

“Company of the Year” Gold Stevie Award:

• “Modeshift clearly found its niche and delivered real value where it’s often overlooked, rural and midsize transit systems. Their flexible, non-intrusive tech model is refreshing in an industry dominated by heavyweight vendors pushing one-size-fits-all systems.”
• “The company’s ability to balance innovation with accessibility makes it a standout in a field typically geared toward urban megasystems. From enabling small towns in Pennsylvania to deploy mobile ticketing without the burden of infrastructure overhauls, to launching a city-wide rollout in Skopje, the versatility of the platform is clearly demonstrated.”
• “Modeshift’s mission-driven expansion, support-first philosophy and impact on digital equity position it as not just a technology provider but a strategic transit partner for underserved communities worldwide.”

“Technical Innovation of the Year” Gold Stevie Award:

Modeshift earned this recognition for its transformative work in Skopje, North Macedonia, which was one of the company’s most complex implementations to date. The team delivered a full-scale upgrade from outdated fare collection infrastructure to a modern, account-based system in just three months. The project brought mobile ticketing, contactless payment options, real-time analytics and a unified backend platform to transit users without interrupting service.

Judges praised the rollout’s speed, scale and seamless execution:

• “The transition from a 15-year-old legacy system to a fully integrated account-based platform in just three months is a remarkable feat, especially given the seamless migration of 600,000 user accounts without service disruption. The breadth of the solution—including mobile ticketing, cloud-based analytics, smart validators and multiple payment options—shows a holistic and scalable innovation.”
• “Deploying a full scale fare collection system without disrupting existing public transit infrastructure in such a short time is genius.”

More than 160 professionals worldwide participated in the judging process to select this year’s honorees.

Winners of the awards, named the Stevies from the Greek word meaning “crowned,” will be recognized during a gala awards event on Tuesday, September 16 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City.

“Modeshift’s award wins validate that agencies of all sizes deserve—and now have—access to modern, flexible fare collection technology,” said Miroslav Katsarov, CEO of Modeshift. “Our team built a platform that adapts to each agency’s needs without long, expensive deployments, and this recognition for our work proves what’s possible when speed, scalability and real-world usability come first. Transit systems shouldn’t have to choose between innovation and practicality. We believe they should have both.”

Details about the Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence and the list of 2025 Stevie winners are available at www.StevieAwards.com/Tech.

About Modeshift

Modeshift, Inc. is a technology company that helps transit agencies modernize their user-facing technology and the underlying infrastructure to improve efficiency, increase ridership and provide adequate, sustainability-oriented service. It is the only all-in-one digital mobility infrastructure platform that also gives the transit industry the tools to reduce their carbon emissions and aim for sustainability.

Our core product is Account-based Fare Collection System, based on the Microsoft Azure cloud and delivered as a service (Software as a Service – SaaS). Modeshift also provides other subsystems which complete the stack of hardware and software needed to operate a modern transit system such as Mobile ticketing, AVL/CAD and real-time passenger information. Learn more at www.modeshift.com/

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“Modeshift’s mission-driven expansion, support-first philosophy and impact on digital equity position it as not just a technology provider but a strategic transit partner for underserved communities worldwide.”