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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Peter Walker

Winners of $1m prize for sustainable city transport announced

A group of school children on bikes in Albania
School children line up on bikes in Albania’s capital, Tirana, which won funding for its cycle lane scheme Photograph: Handout

The winning entries include everything from traditional bike lanes to innovative walk-to-school programmes. Plans were submitted by hundreds of cities across five continents for a new prize that aims to promote sustainable travel – and it seems the appetite for active transport has truly gone global.

Ten months after cities around the world were offered the chance to bid for up to $1m (£800,000) to build or expand new cycling and walking schemes, the money has been awarded to designs in Brazil, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, New Zealand and Albania, among others.

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