Seville will host the awards ceremony on March 2, within the framework of the III Urban Bicycle Meeting
The Network of Cities for Bicycles, chaired by the AMB, and Bikefriendly promote these awards to promote the daily use of bicycles in Spain
Fifteen cities and two provinces in Spain have been chosen as finalists for the Bikefriendly Awards 2023, a recognition granted to public administrations that promote projects, initiatives or actions aimed at promoting and facilitating the daily use of bicycles.
The Bikefriendly Awards are created and promoted by the Bicycle Cities Network (RCxB), chaired by the Barcelona Metropolitan Area (AMB), and the consultant Bikefriendly Group, specialized in cycle tourism and active mobility. They were born in 2019 and are celebrated every two years, in a different city and within the framework of the state congress "Urban Bicycle Meeting”. The event brings together a large number of city councils and provincial councils in a day of exchange of ideas and experiences related to the promotion of cycling mobility at an urban and metropolitan level.
The winners of this new edition will be announced in the delivery gala of the Bikefriendly Awards 2023, which will take place on March 2 in Seville. This will be held at the Tourist Reception Center, located on Paseo Marques del Contadero, at 20 p.m.
III Urban Bicycle Meeting
El III Urban Bicycle Meeting, which will also be held on March 2, at the Seville City Hall, will address the interurban and metropolitan cycling connections, one of the great challenges in Spain to ensure that bicycle trips between municipalities are safe, comfortable and fast. As European reference in the technical day, there will be the experience of Denmark. The head of the Danish Bicycle Highways office, David Gaarsdal, will explain the “Cycle Superhihgways” model. Between the Spanish success experiences, there will be the AMB and the Metropolis of Barcelona, Girona, Gipuzkoa, Zaragoza, Palafrugell, Santander, Seville and Bizkaia. You can consult the program here.
Categories and finalists of the 2023 Bikefriendly Awards
The 2023 Bikefriendly Awards already have finalists for the seven categories aimed at public administrations:
- LEADERSHIP AND INSTITUTIONAL COMMITMENT:
- Valladolid City Council. For the planning and development of infrastructure and services for bicycle mobility.
- Barcelona's town hall. For the increase and improvement of infrastructure, services, communication and data management for bicycle mobility.
- Provincial Council of Pontevedra. For its project 'Cycling network of cross-border green trails Río Miño'.
- URBAN CYCLING INFRASTRUCTURE
- Logroño City Council. For his project 'Cycling axes'.
- Murcia City Council. For its 'Expansion of the network of reserved platforms for bike lanes' project.
- Mataró City Council. For his project 'Mataró cycling ring'.
- Sant Just Desvern Town Hall. For its project 'Creation of a cycle network that connects the Mas Lluí neighborhood with the center of and bike-way 4'.
- INTERURBAN CYCLING INFRASTRUCTURE
- Provincial Council of Pontevedra. For its project 'Cycling network of cross-border green trails Río Miño'.
- Sant Joan Despí Town Hall. For his project 'Bike lane in new Metalarte free space and Consells dels Infants square'.
- Sant Cugat Town Hall. For its projects to connect the municipality with its relevant neighboring centers.
- PARKING INFRASTRUCTURE
- Ayto. Santa Perpetua de Mogoda. For his project 'El Camí de la Granja de Santa Perpètua de Mogoda'.
- Ayto. Vitoria Gasteiz. For its project 'VGBiziz bicycle parking network'.
- EDUCATION AND PROMOTION
- Ayto. d'Elx. For his project 'The necessary click'.
- City Hall Vitoria – Gasteiz. For its project 'Courses on safe and responsible cycling'.
- Ayto. Murcia. For its student training project Biciescuela
- Ayto. Vilagarcía de Arousa. For his 'ANCAS-Vaischool' project.
- INNOVATION
- Ayto. Madrid. For its project 'Big data platform for planning and monitoring cycling mobility'.
- City Hall. Seville. For its pilot project to evaluate the implementation of a shared electric bike service in the city of Seville.
- Provincial Council of Guipuzcoa. For his project 'Bicicargo Social'.
