City of Fortaleza wins international award for project to promote bicycle use

Ten months after cities around the world had the chance to bid up to US$1 million (around R$5 million) to build or expand new cycling and walking schemes, the money has been awarded to projects that, in addition to Brazil, include Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, New Zealand and Albania, among others.

The money is being invested by Bloomberg Philanthropies, the philanthropic arm of the media conglomerate created by Michael Bloomberg, during whose terms as mayor of New York the city developed a rapidly expanding network of bike lanes, reported The Guardian (*)

Winning entries include everything from traditional bike paths to innovative walk-to-school programs. Plans have been submitted by hundreds of cities across five continents for the new award which aims to promote sustainable travel.

The top prize went to a plan to build more than 177 km of protected cycle paths in Fortaleza, focusing on helping children and elderly people use bicycles and promoting the delivery of cargo bicycles.

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