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2010 Sustainable Transport Award

for visionary achievements in sustainable transportation and urban livability

Every year, the Sustainable Transport Award is given to a city that has had a profound impact on enhancing the sustainability and livability of its community or region through innovative transportation strategies, while lessening the impact of climate change through reduced transportation greenhouse and air pollution emissions.

The Award recognizes the city or major jurisdiction that has made most significant progress during the year in:

  • improving public transportation,
  • improving non-motorized travel for bicyclists and pedestrians and public space,
  • implementing traffic demand management programs to reduce private car use,
  • reducing urban sprawl by linking transportation to development, and / or
  • reducing transport related air pollution.

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. This degree of change could be seen in:

  • Creating safer streets, resulting in fewer road accidents and injuries,
  • Improving the air quality by reducing traffic-related air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions,
  • Increasing healthier choices for its citizens for getting around the city, such as walking and cycling, and
  • Achieving greater passenger satisfaction on public transportation by offering better alternatives or as illustrated in increased ridership.

The award selection is organized by the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP); Environmental Defense Fund (EDF); the US Transportation Research Board (TRB) Committee on Transportation in Developing Countries; the Clean Air Initiatives (CAIs) for Asia, Latin America, and Africa; Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ); EMBARQ - The WRI Center for Sustainable Transport); ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability; International Association of Public Transport (UITP) and the United Nations’ Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD).

Each organization is responsible for nominating one city or jurisdiction for the Sustainable Transport Award and may nominate cities or projects for best practice honorable mentions. The regional CAIs are encouraged to solicit nominations from the local nonprofits and cities that they work with.

Previous Award Recipients

2008 — Paris, France & London, United Kingdom 2007 — Guayquil, Ecuador 2006 — Seoul, Korea 2005 — Bogotà, Colombia