Kids’ Future of Transportation Contest
Winners and Submissions
Thank you to everyone who participated in our 2025 On Air Future of Transportation contest as part of our outreach for Connecting Communities: The NJTPA Long Range Transportation Plan! We received more than 200 artwork submissions from children ages 5 to 15 from across our region.
Although each submission was unique, several common themes arose. Children shared that their vision for the future of transportation includes:
- Vehicles that fly or hover
- Autonomous vehicles
- Highspeed trains powered by maglev technology
- Environmentally-friendly travel modes
- Futuristic micro-mobility, such as jetpacks or hovering chairs
- Vehicles you could live in, such as self-sustaining pods
- Teleportation
Click to view a gallery of winners and semi-finalists or to view all other submissions (note: only submissions that were accompanied by parental consent forms are included in this gallery).
Winners & Finalists
Other Submissions
Congratulations to our contest winners:
Over 14 Age Group
Winner: Grayson (Monmouth County)
Runner Up: Alexa (Bergen County)
10-13 Age Group
Winner: Rivky (Ocean County)
Runner Up: Aakifah (Passaic County)
Under 10 Age Group
Winner: Samantha (Middlesex County)
Runner Up: Alyssa (Hudson County)
The input we received from the contest participants was incorporated into Connecting Communities, the NJTPA’s long-range transportation plan, which recommends policies, programs, and investments that will affect everyone in northern and central New Jersey.