The German Bicycle Prize - best for bike
The German Bicycle Prize - best for bike is a nationwide competition that has been honoring projects and measures to promote cycling every year since 2000 . The initiators of the competition are the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) and the working group for pedestrian and bicycle-friendly cities, municipalities and districts in North Rhine-Westphalia (AGFS). The Zweirad-Industrie-Verband (ZIV) and the Service and Bicycle Association (VSF) support the competition as partners.
Categories
The German Bicycle Prize is awarded in the categories "The most bicycle-friendly decision" and "The most bicycle-friendly personality".
The most bike-friendly decision
Since 2015, three prizes have been awarded in the category “The most bicycle-friendly decision”: “Infrastructure” , “Service” and “Communication” . The three new categories are based on the principle of "bicycle traffic as a system" and thus do justice to the increasing variety of topics in bicycle traffic promotion. They replace the old categories of “everyday mobility” and “leisure / tourism”, which, however, are also thematically taken into account with the new categories.
The three prizes in the “The most bicycle-friendly decision” category are awarded to projects and measures that promote, simplify or support cycling in everyday life, on the way to school, shopping, work or leisure. For example, technical innovations, structural measures, outstanding commitment of individuals, events, services, bicycle-specific discounts or communication measures are honored. Public and private institutions, individuals, groups and associations can apply for this part of the competition.
The prizes for “Infrastructure”, “Service” and “Communication” are each endowed with 6,000 euros, with the winners receiving 3,000 euros, and are awarded by an expert jury.
The most bike-friendly personality
“The most cyclist-friendly personality” is an opinion-forming person who acknowledges himself as a cyclist in public and thus enhances the image of this means of transport in a special way. As a public figure, the award winner helps to motivate the general public to ride a bike.
Video and photo competition
Every year since 2012, the most beautiful bicycle photos have been honored with a selected motto in the photo competition of the German Bicycle Prize. Since 2020, the best submitted videos, songs, texts or works of art have also been awarded a prize.
Award winners
The most bike-friendly decision
| year | Category * | winner |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Call a bike , Munich | |
| 2001 | Rollfiets Club eV, Stuttgart | |
| 2002 | “By bike to work”, Bavaria | |
| 2003 | Free bicycles on public transport in Baden-Württemberg | |
| 2004 | North Rhine-Westphalia for the first cycle route planner : www.radroutenplaner.nrw.de | |
| 2005 | Uplengen municipality for above-average promotion of cycling | |
| 2006 | Lippe - ferry in Wesel | |
| 2007 | Student survey “Cycle to school!”, Stuttgart | |
| 2008 | Mobile citizens' meeting in Nuremberg | |
| 2009 | Bicycle-friendly church convention in Bremen | |
| 2010 | Bicycle traffic reporting platform for the Frankfurt / RheinMain region | |
| 2011 | Bicycle ambassador Moers | |
| 2012 | Everyday Mobility | Bicycle-friendly district building in Düren |
| Leisure / tourism | Trippstadt bike park | |
| 2013 | Everyday Mobility | Marking Jakobistraße in Soest |
| Leisure / tourism | Music Festival Potsdam Sanssouci | |
| 2014 | Everyday Mobility | Creation of an exemplary route connection for local traffic, Hamburg-Mitte district |
| Leisure / tourism | Concert culture tour "bicycle wardrobe" | |
| 2015 | Infrastructure | Nordbahntrasse Wuppertal |
| service | Bicycles for refugees | |
| communication | Bike-friendly Karlsruhe "Do it for love" | |
| 2016 | Infrastructure | The city of Nuremberg with the project "Bike stands for the north of the city". |
| service | The Wiesbaden “Kiezkaufhaus”, which delivers items ordered online by bike. | |
| communication | The artist Norbert Krause from Mönchengladbach with his project "200 Days of Bicycle City" | |
| 2017 | Infrastructure | Lane markings with a chain of pictograms - to show cyclists in Mainz when they can use the road despite the cycle path |
| service | "TINK - Transport Bike Initiative of Sustainable Municipalities" from Konstanz and Norderstedt - an uncomplicated, fully automated rental system | |
| communication | Campaign “#woparkstdudenn?” From Heidelberg - a car parked in a bicycle street was completely pasted with Post-it notes | |
| 2018 | Infrastructure | The Free Hanseatic City of Bremen with the project "Germany's First Bicycle Quarter" |
| service | # Bikeygees eV - an association in Berlin brings refugee women to cycling | |
| communication | Bicycle referendum: Berlin is turning! - Germany's first wheel law | |
| 2019 | Infrastructure | The Ruhr Regional Association with the project "Further development of the regional cycle path network in the Ruhr Metropolis" |
| service | Free cargo bikes - an initiative that enables (free) cargo bikes. | |
| communication | The Cologne action alliance #RingFrei | |
| 2020 | Infrastructure | 1st place Karlsruhe Bicycle Station South - Karlsruher Fächer GmbH 2nd place: Redistributed traffic area - Fahrradstraße sets new standards for people walking and cycling - City of Cologne: Office for Roads and Traffic |
| service | 1st place: Accessibility in cycle tourism using the example of the Römer-Lippe-Route - Ruhr Tourismus GmbH 2nd place: Rediscover cycling - State of Hesse and the local mobility work group Hesse |
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| communication | 1st place: Freshbrains help newcomers to get into the saddle - Bergische Universität Wuppertal and Breda University of Applied Science 2nd place: Aufbruch Fahrrad - RADKOMM eV and ADFC NRW |
The most bike-friendly personality
| year | Award winners |
|---|---|
| 2003 | Henning Scherf , then Mayor of Bremen |
| 2004 | Jochen Senf , actor |
| 2005 | Heike Götz , presenter |
| 2006 | Christian Ude , then Mayor of Munich |
| 2007 | Holger Meyer, then sales director of Google Germany |
| 2008 | Leonard Lansink , actor |
| 2009 | Klaus Töpfer , politician |
| 2010 | Jürgen Trittin , politician |
| 2011 | Wolke Hegenbarth , actress |
| 2012 | Wigald Boning , comedian |
| 2013 | Michaela May , actress |
| 2014 | Inge Niedek , meteorologist |
| 2015 | Boris Palmer , Lord Mayor of the City of Tübingen |
| 2016 | Peter Lohmeyer , German actor |
| 2017 | Sebastian Krumbiegel , singer of the band Die Prinzen |
| 2018 | Hannes Jaenicke , German-American actor |
| 2019 | Max Raabe , German singer |
| 2020 | Michael Kessler , German actor |
Special Price
Special prizes were given in 2000 to the traffic planner Jürgen Göttsche for the Marl traffic light handle and in 2011 to Klaus Wörle for his commitment to lifting the compulsory use of cycle lanes .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ The categories. Retrieved July 13, 2019 .
- ↑ The history of the German bicycle award. Retrieved June 9, 2020 .
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab All winners at a glance. Retrieved June 9, 2020 . , on der-deutsche-fahrradpreis.de
- ↑ Marking Jakobistraße in Soest , on der-deutsche-fahrradpreis.de
- ↑ Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci , on der-deutsche-fahrradpreis.de
- ↑ German Bicycle Prize 2013 for Potsdam on magazin.klassik.com
- ↑ Creation of an exemplary route connection for local transport , on der-deutsche-fahrradpreis.de
- ↑ Hamburg-Mitte district receives the 2014 German Bicycle Award on hamburg.de
- ↑ Concert culture tour “ Fahrradgarderobe ” , on der-deutsche-fahrradpreis.de
- ↑ Nordbahntrasse Wuppertal. Retrieved June 9, 2020 . , on der-deutsche-fahrradpreis.de
- ↑ Bicycles for refugees. Retrieved June 9, 2020 . , on der-deutsche-fahrradpreis.de
- ^ Bike-friendly Karlsruhe "Do's for love". Retrieved June 9, 2020 . , on der-deutsche-fahrradpreis.de
- ↑ The German Bicycle Prize 2016 goes to ... , on der-deutsche-fahrradpreis.de, accessed on June 9, 2020
- ↑ City of Mainz wins bicycle award - innovative bicycle traffic promotion and mutual cooperation , State capital Mainz, April 4, 2017
- ↑ The German Bicycle Prize 2018 goes to ... , on der-deutsche-fahrradpreis.de, accessed on June 9, 2020
- ↑ The German Bicycle Prize 2019 goes to ... , on der-deutsche-fahrradpreis.de
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↑ Interview RVR CONCEPT FOR REGIONAL CYCLE ROUTE NETWORK AWARD-WINNING RVR newsletter, June 18, 2019, newsletter edition 01/2019, accessed on June 9, 2020
see also the requirement plan for bicycle mobility in everyday life and leisure on rvr.ruhr - ↑ Forum Free Cargo Bikes. Retrieved May 16, 2019 .
- ↑ The German Bicycle Prize 2020 goes to ... , on der-deutsche-fahrradpreis.de
- ↑ Peter Lohmeyer was the most bicycle- friendly personality in 2016 , on der-deutsche-fahrradpreis.de, accessed on June 9, 2020
- ↑ The Prince and his bicycle - Sebastian Krumbiegel receives the German Bicycle Award, on der-deutsche-fahrradpreis.de, accessed on June 9, 2020
- ↑ Max Raabe is "Most Bicycle-Friendly Personality 2019" , on sueddeutsche.de, accessed on June 9, 2020