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Nominate your city for the 2013 Sustainable Transport Award.

Nominations accepted June 1 - September 15, 2012

2013 Sustainable Transport Award: Nomination Form

Background

Since 2005, The Sustainable Transport Award has been given annually to a city or major jurisdiction that has had a profound, mitigating impact on climate change by enhancing the sustainability and livability of its community using innovative transportation strategies. These strategies should increase mobility for all residents, reduce transportation greenhouse and air pollution emissions, and improve safety and access for bicyclists and pedestrians.

The Sustainable Transport Award Committee, with ITDP as the secretariat, collects information, selects finalists, and votes on a winner and honorable mentions. 

Nominations are open June 1 - September 15, 2012. The Award will be presented at the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting in Washington DC in mid-January, 2013. Delegations from winning cities are invited to receive their award in person.

Criteria

The Sustainable Transport Award is open to all cities and major jurisdictions. Successful nominees will be distinguished by their impact, innovation, and leadership in the transport sector.

In order to qualify for consideration, the city must have made significant progress in implementing sustainable transport measures during the past year. Preference will be given to candidates who have achieved three or more of the below:

  1. Improvements to public transportation
  2. Improvements to non-motorized travel
  3. Expansion or improvement to public space
  4. Implementation of travel demand management programs to reduce private car use
  5. Reduction of urban sprawl by linking transportation to development
  6. Reduction of transport related air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions


Examples of qualifying projects include, but are not limited to:

  • A safer streets program for drivers, pedestrians, and cyclists, resulting in fewer road accidents and injuries.
  • A traffic reduction program to improve air quality and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
  • Improving the health of residents by increasing mobility options such as cycling and walking.
  • Achieving greater passenger satisfaction on public transportation by offering better alternatives or as illustrated in increased ridership.
  • Improving social equity as a direct impact and explicit goal of transportation projects.

Nomination Process

To nominate a city, please complete the form below in its entirety and submit electronically. The deadline for submissions of full nominations is September 15, 2012. Any nominations received after September 15th will not be considered.

Finalists will be contacted by October 1, 2012. The winner and honorable mentions will be announced in mid-January. Contact Jemilah Magnusson with questions.

2013 Sustainable Transport Award Nomination Form

*= Required fields. If the STA Committee selects your nomination as a finalist, all of the information shown on this form will need to be provided.

Nominating Organization

Nominated Jurisdiction

Measures:

Which of the following measures has the city implemented in the past year? Check all that apply.
Briefly describe activities, projects, policies implemented by the city or jurisdiction that relate to the above measures.

The City at a Glance

One sentence description of the newsworthiness of this achievement. You have characters left.
Brief description of activities, projects, policies implemented by the city or jurisdiction. You have characters left.

Details

What were the achievements and the measurable indicators of change? Such as people served, travel time and cost saved, emissions reduced –air pollutants and greenhouse gases, lives saved, equity impacts -gender, people with disabilities, elderly, low income population.
What elements of this experience are transferable to other cities or regions?
Brief description of the scope of the problem being addressed, scale and comprehensiveness, challenges overcome –political, financial, technical, social.
For more information about these best practices, please provide web links and PDFs, including media coverage and academic papers, fact sheets, presentations, etc.

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