Eco-Counter International Awards 2015

Discover the nominees and winners of the first Eco-Counter International Award Ceremony which took place in Nantes on June 2nd, during Velo-City 2015 grand opening.

The Ceremony was held by Philippe Crist.
Eco-Counter International Awards Winners

Communication Award

Communication Award was given to the City of Calgary, for their brilliant demonstration that data matters and can be a very powerful tool to communicate on better cycling infrastructures.

Nominees: Provincie Antwerpen (Belgium) for their Bicycle Barometer, which measures and aggregates cycling attendance, infrastructure quality, cyclist’s opinion, and accident rate on a 3000sqm area. SANDAG-San Diego (USA) for displaying the data collected on one of the largest Bike and Pedestrian Counter Network in United States on a public webpage, providing access to those who would like to better understand general trends in active transportation over time.

Monitoring Award

Monitoring Award went to Göteborgs Stad for pionneering in its use of automatic counting devices in Sweden to measure effectiveness of pro-active transportation policies. Mayor Lena Malm also recalled on this occasion the great ambition of the city to expand bicycle modal share even further in the coming years.

Nominees: Eurométropole de Strasbourg (France) Pioneer in France for its use of counting devices in a city to better analyze and develop its active transportation policies. NGO Transporte Ativo (Brazil) for setting up the first pilot project for counting Active Transportation in Brazil.

Research Award

Research Award was given to the internationally renowned Professor Koike, of the Utsunomiya Kyowa University for conducting innovative research on safety of cyclists in Japan and using counters to measure and analyze cycle attendance on the sidewalk and on the road.

Nominees: City of Rostock (Germany) City of Rostock used counting devices and weather data to understand the impact of weather on bicycle use. Portland State University (TREC) (USA) for conducting extensive counting equipment testing and developing guidelines and models to build more effective active transportation monitoring project.

Nationwide Data Collection Award

Nationwide Data Collection Award was given to the Départements & Régions Cyclables for developing a major nationwide database to assess bicycle tourism in France.

Nominees: Sustrans Charity (United-Kingdom) SUSTRANS gathers data across the UK from over 3 000 counting sites and 145 different authorities into a national database to assess large-scale social, environmental, social and economic benefits of active transportation. Rails to Trails Conservancy (USA) for leading a nationwide effort to create a set of data collection instruments, methodologies and analysis tools that will transform the way America thinks about—and develops—trails and trail networks.

Professional of the Year Award

Fiona Campbell of the City of Sydney Council was awarded as our Professional of the Year as she appeared to be for our jury, a strong supporter of bicycle counting, as well as a person who values the data and uses it to argue for better cycling infrastructure for Sydney. As a Manager of the Cycling Strategy for the City of Sydney Council, she also practices what she preaches and is an avid cyclist and cycle commuter.

Special Award

Finally, a Special Award was given to Nantes Métropole for both organizing Velo-City and having trust in automatic data collection to prioritize, assess, and develop active transportation in the city since a very long time.