Prix Velo
The Prix Velo is a prize that has been awarded by Pro Velo Switzerland since 2004 (with interruption in 2008) alternately in the categories “Infrastructure”, “Businesses” and “Velostädte”.
The “Prix Velo Infrastructure” is endowed with CHF 10,000. The award is supported by the Federal Roads Office (FEDRO) and VeloSuisse. The prize is awarded to municipalities and private institutions that take significant infrastructural measures to promote bicycle traffic.
The “Prix Velo Betriebe” is awarded to companies that promote the use of bicycles by their employees.
The “Prix Velostädte” is awarded in the categories of large, medium and small towns. Cyclists use a survey to rate their community or city in the six areas of road network, traffic climate, safety, comfort, parking facilities and the importance of bicycles.
Award winners
"Infrastructure" category
- 2005
- Canton of Zug , bike route planning
- City of Biel / Bienne , bicycle parking facilities
- City of Thun , Coordinated Bicycle Funding
- City of Winterthur , "Velotour through Winterthur"
- 2007
- PostBus Graubünden , area-wide bike transport
- City of Chur , Veloparking station Chur
- Veloland Switzerland Foundation, Veloland Regional (today SwitzerlandMobility )
- 2010
- Regional planning group Espace Solothurn , LOS!
- City of Burgdorf , Velohochstrasse Burgdorf
- Velopass ( Lausanne ), coordination of bikesharing Switzerland
- 2012
- Civil engineering department in the canton of Basel-Stadt , Stückisteg at the Stücki shopping center
- Civil engineering department in the canton of Graubünden , Veloweg Fideris - Dalvazza
- City of Biel / Bienne , bike sharing system velospot
Category «Companies»
- 2004
- Eawag (Federal Institute for Water Supply, Wastewater Treatment and Water Protection ), Dübendorf
- Cantonal Hospital Lucerne
- Psychiatric services Thurgau
- Thun-Simmental Hospital
- City of Geneva as an employer
- 2006
- INFICON AG, Balzers ( Liechtenstein )
- Baden Cantonal Hospital
- Ernst Basler + Partner AG, Zurich
- Federal Office for Sport , Magglingen
- 2009
- Geneva airport
- FSASD Genève ( Spitex organization ), Geneva
- Clariant Products AG , Muttenz
- In addition, four awards were given to: Psychiatry Center Münsingen , ETH Lausanne , Google Zurich and, after 2004, again to Eawag .
- 2011
- Blaser Architects AG Basel
- Caliqua AG Basel
- Hôpitaux universitaires de Genève , Geneva
- Recognition prizes go to: Kantonsspital Bruderholz , Monosuisse AG, Emmenbrücke , University of Education Thurgau , Kreuzlingen , St. Claraspital AG, Basel , Schlössli Biel-Bienne AG Center for Long-Term Care
- 2013
- REHAB Basel Basel
- Stucki Leadership-Teambuilding AG, Thun-Gwatt and Yverdon .
Recognition prizes go to Swiss Post, Bern headquarters , the city of Lausanne and the Habitat Foundation, Basel .
Vélocité Lausanne ( Yverdon and Neuchâtel ) was awarded the special prize
Category «Velostädte»
- 2006
- Basel and Winterthur
- 2010
- Burgdorf
- Winterthur
- Chur and Zug
- 2014
- Burgdorf (overall winner) and winner of the small towns category
- Chur winner of the medium-sized cities category
- Winterthur winner in the big cities category