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The winners of the 2012 Sustainable Transport Awards are Medellin and San Francisco!

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2012 Nominees: 17 Nominees From 12 Countries

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Jaipur, India

The new Jaipur city bus service has doubled public transport ridership to 172,000 daily passengers in its first year of operation.

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Singapore, Singapore

35 years creating public transport and managing traffic demand for a liveable city.

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Antalya , Turkey

Antalya has restructured its bus operations to minimize traffic, reduce passenger delays in transfers and better connect to the city's light rail system in the heart of the city.

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Cuenca, Ecuador

Cuenca, Ecuador has created a new plan that promotes sustainable transportation, to foster economic growth, social cohesion and environmental protection, ensuring in this way, a better quality of life for citizens.

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Chicago, United States

This year Chicago has embarked on an ambitious expansion of its bicycle network and has begun plans for what may be the first "Gold Standard" BRT in the United States.

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Lviv, Ukraine

Lviv is the first Ukrainian city which has developed a comprehensive cycling programme at European standards and has started implementation in 2011.

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Seoul, South Korea

Seoul has increased its public transportation system's user-friendliness and accessibility for the elderly and disabled. It is perceived as a fast and reliable way of getting around town.

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Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem recently opened a new light rail system that runs through the center of this crowded city, connecting a diverse set of neighborhoods that are home to Jews, Muslims and Christians, providing environmentally friendly and equitable transportation for all.

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Bihar, India

The State of Bihar has distributed over 870,000 bicycles to school girls in the past three years and it continues to expand its promotion of cycling

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Fazilka, India

Fazilka has a cell-phone based dial-a-cycle rickshaw program, has pedestrianized the area around the main market, and has inspired other cities throughout Punjab to adopt similar programs.

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Seville, Spain

Seville has managed to grow its mode share for cycling from 0.4% to 7% in the past five years.

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Minneapolis , United States

In the past two years Minnepolis has increased the length of its bike network by 37%, and started a highly-popular bike share system.

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Cape Town, South Africa

Capetown opened the first phase of the MyCiTi Bus Rapid Transit, complemented with cycling and pedestrian paths, part of the city's Integrated Rapid Transit System.

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Medellin, Colombia

The year Medellin extended its Metrocable (Cable Car) into low income areas and is completing the Metroplus BRT corridor, the city has also created new high quality public spaces citywide.

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Changwon, South Korea

This year the city opened a new bicycle rental scheme, which is available 24-hours a day to tourists and locals alike. The system offers the first 15 minutes free, making it a hybrid between bike rental and true bike share. There are currently 20 stations and 430 bikes.

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San Francisco, United States

This year SFMTA began collecting and distributing real time info on parking availability, and is using the data to adjust parking prices to get drivers to get smarter about where and when to park.

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Buenos Aires, Argentina

This year Buenos Aires launched Metrobús, the first BRT system in the nation, and installed over 60 km of new bicycle lanes in the busiest parts of the city.