2010 Sustainable Transport Award

Each year, the Sustainable Transport Award is given to a city or major jurisdiction that has a profound impact on lessening the impact of climate change and enhancing the sustainability and liveability of its community or region.

Such improvements should be achieved through innovative transportation strategies that increase mobility for all, while reducing transportation greenhouse and air pollution emissions and improving safety and access for cyclists and pedestrians. The Award is open to all cities and major jurisdictions. The cities or regions that are nominated should be distinguished by their impact, innovation, and leadership in the transport sector.

In 2009, New York City (USA) won the award for reclaiming street space from cars and giving it back to pedestrians and cyclists. In 2008, the laureats were Paris (France), for revolutionising bike sharing, and London (UK) for expanding its congestion charging programme.

In 2007, the award went to the city of Guayaquil (Ecuador), for revitalising its downtown, while Seoul (Korea) was honoured in 2006 for tearing down an elevated highway to revitalise the Cheongyecheon River.

The award selection process is organised by the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP); Environmental Defense (ED); the U.S. Transportation Research Board (TRB) Committee on Transportation in Developing Countries; the regional Clean Air Initiatives (CAIs) for Asia, Latin America, and Africa; The German Agency for Technical Co-operation (GTZ); EMBARQ - the World Resources Institute Center for Sustainable Transport; ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability; the International Association for Public Transport (UITP); and the United Nations' Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD).

The deadline for submissions (nomination form) is September 15, 2009. For full details, visit www.st-award.org. For more information, contact nominate@itdp.org.