Cities Enjoy Bicycles Awards
- photo courtesy of I-ce(DW).
excellence in creating bicycle-friendly cities
In a global partnership for sustainable urban transport, Shimano, the world’s leading bicycle component producer, and ICLEI, the world’s leading associations of cities, towns and regions for sustainable development, have combined forces to promote non-motorized mobility in cities. Incentives have been created for municipal decision makers to work towards non-motorized mobility and a bicycle-friendly atmosphere in their communities through the global Cities Enjoy Bicycles Awards, special awards in the series of ICLEI’s Local Initiatives Awards.
The Awards
The 2006 Cities Enjoy Bicycles Awards were awarded to local governments that have successfully promoted and supported the use of non-motorized vehicles as part of their urban transport strategy. The Awards were given to outstanding local government initiatives that showed tangible results. Innovation, courage, persistence and concrete outcomes were recognized.
Two Awards were given in 2006:
The Awards will be given to local governments in two other world regions in 2009 and two in 2012, so that the incentive longer term will encourage the creation of bicycle-friendly cities worldwide.
The 2006 Awards round is now closed, but this webpage will be updated again in mid-2008 with application details for the 2009 Awards. We hope to see you again in 2008!
In a global partnership for sustainable urban transport, Shimano, the world’s leading bicycle component producer, and ICLEI, the world’s leading associations of cities, towns and regions for sustainable development, have combined forces to promote non-motorized mobility in cities. Incentives have been created for municipal decision makers to work towards non-motorized mobility and a bicycle-friendly atmosphere in their communities through the global Cities Enjoy Bicycles Awards, special awards in the series of ICLEI’s Local Initiatives Awards.
The Awards
The 2006 Cities Enjoy Bicycles Awards were awarded to local governments that have successfully promoted and supported the use of non-motorized vehicles as part of their urban transport strategy. The Awards were given to outstanding local government initiatives that showed tangible results. Innovation, courage, persistence and concrete outcomes were recognized.
Two Awards were given in 2006:
- Regional Award for Africa
- Regional Award for Europe
The Awards will be given to local governments in two other world regions in 2009 and two in 2012, so that the incentive longer term will encourage the creation of bicycle-friendly cities worldwide.
The 2006 Awards round is now closed, but this webpage will be updated again in mid-2008 with application details for the 2009 Awards. We hope to see you again in 2008!
Managing partners
Shimano Inc. (www.shimano.com, www.shimano-eu.com) and ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability jointly created the Cities Enjoy Bicycles Awards as special awards in the series of ICLEI’s Local Initiatives Awards. ICLEI is serving as the managing agency for the Cities Enjoy Bicycle Awards. The Award Secretariat is located at ICLEI's Japan Office.
