Federal Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer, Anjes Tjarks, Senator for Transport and Mobility Transition of the Free Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Claus Ruhe Madsen, Lord Mayor of the Hanseatic and University City of Rostock and Christine Fuchs, Chairman of the Working Group of Pedestrian and Bicycle Friendly Cities, Municipalities and Districts in NRW (AGFS), presented the winning prizes at the digital National Cycling Congress in Hamburg.
Infrastructure category
1st place: "Pop-up cycle paths in Berlin-Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg"
Over 25 kilometres of new, protected cycling facilities complement the main roads. Laudator Christine Fuchs, board member of AGFS, praised the rapid realisation and successful cooperation between different administrative levels in Berlin.
The project in detail is available here for further reading.
2: Place: "Bicycle streets 2.0 in Münster"
In 2020, eight roads over a length of 5.5 kilometres were converted into main roads for cyclists. The uniform quality standards are unique in Germany: wide lanes, a flat red colouring and priority for cycle lanes at junctions.
The project in detail here for further reading.
3rd place: "Quality standards and model solutions for the Hesse cycle network - safe cycling for all"
The work of the Hessian Ministry of Economics, Energy, Transport and Housing supports planners in creating an attractive infrastructure for cycling in Hesse. Pedelecs and special bikes are taken into account and quality requirements for a cycle network are defined for the first time.
The project in detail is available here for further reading.
Category Service
1st place: "Using digitalisation: GPS cycling data for a holistic cycling strategy" in the Hannover region
Laudator Anjes Tjarks, Senator for Transport and Mobility Transition of the Free Hanseatic City of Hamburg: "Valid traffic data can help municipalities, cities and local authorities to better plan their cycling infrastructure and improve it for the benefit of cyclists. The project in Hanover skilfully combines the pleasant with the useful: The bike app is used to collect anonymised digital data on the cycling behaviour of cyclists, while at the same time creating incentives for cycling by rewarding cyclists. In the end, everyone benefits: the data collected can be used to plan, connect and improve cycle routes more easily based on their actual use - which in turn benefits cyclists. I am impressed by the digital approach, which involves collecting GPS cycling data and extrapolating and analysing it for the entire cycling population in order to implement targeted cycling measures."
The project in detail is available here for further reading.
2nd place: "Trial bikes for families with small children" organised by Fahrrad & Familie e.V.
Families have the opportunity to test different bicycle modules free of charge, e.g. bicycle trailers, cargo bikes, child seats, walking bikes and children's bikes. The focus is on children's mobility and counselling for parents.
The project in detail is available here for further reading.
3rd place: "Bicycles move Bielefeld"
Old bicycles are collected and refurbished together with people in need, refugees and young people. In addition, special bikes are operated with a non-profit housing association and the AWO, which also make people with disabilities mobile again.
The project in detail here for further reading.
Category Communication
1st place: "Action Weekend 2020: Space for the next generation!" by Kidical Mess Cologne
Over 22,000 young and old cyclists demonstrated throughout Germany in favour of bicycle- and child-friendly cities. The Kidical Mass has the vision that children and young people should be able to cycle safely and independently. Laudator Claus Ruhe Madsen, Lord Mayor of the University and Hanseatic City of Rostock and Chairman of the Board of the Association of Bicycle and Pedestrian Friendly Communities Mecklenburg-Vorpommern e. V. emphasised that children must be involved in mobility decisions as early as possible. Activities like this create positive experiences, are fun and make children visible!
The project in detail is available here for further reading.
2nd place: "Consideration makes paths wide!" from the district and Landvolk Göttingen
The project uses signs on farm tracks to create mutual understanding between farmers and cyclists. The signposting of mostly private country lanes promotes friendly interaction and helps to avoid conflicts.
The project in detail is available here for further reading.
3rd place: "The Berlin road check - study on subjective safety in cycling"
FixMyCity and Tagesspiegel Berlin have conducted a survey on the subjective safety of cycling infrastructure. In an online survey, over 3,000 infrastructure variants were assessed by 21,000 participants using 3D photos. For the first time, information is now available on which cycle paths cyclists feel safe.
The project in detail is available here for further reading.
The award ceremony, pictures of the award ceremony and all the award-winning projects can be viewed on the website www.der-deutsche-fahrradpreis.de ready.
Background: The German Bicycle Prize is awarded annually by the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure and the Working Group of Pedestrian and Bicycle Friendly Cities, Municipalities and Districts in North Rhine-Westphalia (AGFS) to the most innovative projects in the state for promoting cycling. The "German Bicycle Prize" is awarded in the categories "Infrastructure", "Service" and "Communication". In addition, the "most bicycle-friendly personality" and the winners of the photo and bicycle culture competition will be honoured. Partners of the competition are the Service und Fahrrad e.V. association and the Zweirad-Industrie-Verband e.V. The nine best projects will be selected by a jury of experts from the fields of business, science, society and associations.
Winners of the photo & culture competition
"For the love of bikes" - this was the motto of the German Cycling Award, which was looking for the best photos, videos, songs, images and texts.
In the Photo competition Anette Sander won over the jury with a particularly expressive and original message of love to the bicycle entitled "photographed with heart". She took first place. Her prize is a cycling holiday for two in Hamburg.
Second and third place winners: Alice Wittrock also submitted creative and successful photos with a photo reflection entitled "gleichberechtigt" (second place) and Hendrik Nölle with a depiction of a bicycle wall mount (third place). Both prize winners can look forward to receiving bicycle bags from ZIMMER.
The Bicycle culture competition Michael Glotz-Richter (Free Hanseatic City of Bremen) wins with his video vision for a bicycle-friendly model neighbourhood in Bremen. As the first-place winner, he can look forward to an e-bike from the Flyer brand.
Germany's first model bicycle neighbourhood is being built in Bremen's Old New Town; a before/after comparison of the individual building blocks.
Second and third place winners: Lennart Speer impressed the jury with his video portrait series about urban bicycle mobility and took second place. He receives a voucher for €500 at a Shimano Service Centre. Third place went to Fabian Türk's video "Biken am Limit", which was awarded a bag and pannier set from Rixen & Kaul.
The prizes for the photo competition are sponsored by Verbund Service und Fahrrad e.V. and the prizes for the bicycle culture competition are sponsored by Zweirad-Industrie-Verband e.V.. All winning entries are available on www.der-deutsche-fahrradpreis.de/wettbewerbe to find. The German Bicycle Award is an initiative of the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure and the Working Group of Pedestrian and Bicycle Friendly Cities, Municipalities and Districts in NRW.
Most bicycle-friendly personality
The awards: The "Most bicycle-friendly personality" 2021 is Dr Eckart von Hirschhausen. As a doctor, author and founder of the "Healthy Earth - Healthy People" foundation, he knows the benefits of conscious mobility behaviour for people, health and the climate. The prize was presented in the form of a bicycle helmet by Andreas Scheuer, Federal Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure.
