2021 Modeshift National Sustainable Travel Awards:
Excellence in Walking – sponsored by Hubspoke Media
This award recognises projects and initiatives developed by individuals and groups to promote and encourage walking.
Winner – Ladywood Primary School, Derbyshire County Council – A Mile in My Shoes – View project details – Ladywood Primary School, A Mile in My Shoes
Finalists:
- Hampshire County Council and Southampton City Council – Walk with Wheels Week
- Living Streets – #WalkingFromHome
Excellence in Cycling – sponsored by Pindar Creative
This award recognises projects and initiatives developed by individuals and groups to promote and encourage cycling (or scooting).
Winner – Midland Mencap Parkride / Transport for West Midlands – Midland Mencap Parkride / Ride Ahead Together – View project details – Midland Mencap Parkride, Transport for West Midlands
Finalists:
- Darlington Borough Council/Let’s Go Tees Valley – Wheel Women Cycling Campaign
- Kirklees Council – Push Scooting Pilot
Best Project Under £1,000 – sponsored by Project Centre
This award recognises budget busting projects and initiatives that have cost less than £1,000. Nominations will be accepted from organisations that have made a contribution of less than £1,000 to deliver a successful sustainable travel project or initiative. Working on a low budget, you have to negotiate and work with ‘who you know…’ therefore any ‘payment in kind’, sponsorship or other financial contribution could be used to ‘start up’ the project and does not need to be included in the £1,000. However, the contribution will need to be detailed in the nomination and must show how the project will be sustained without the additional support.
Winner – Suffolk County Council – Suffolk Countywide Travel Plan Monitoring – View project details – Suffolk Countywide Travel Plan Monitoring
Finalists:
- Cheshire West and Chester Council – Junior Safety Officers
- Hertfordshire County Council – Hertfordshire’s Anti-Idling Campaign
Best Partnership – sponsored by Scoot Fit
This award recognises and celebrates the efforts being made by individuals and groups to work in partnership with education providers, businesses and community groups, to promote and encourage sustainable travel.
Winner – Brighton & Hove City Council – Brighton & Hove Refuge Cycling Project – View project details – Brighton & Hove Refuge Cycling Project
Finalists:
- City of York Council – York Walking Festival: Indie York Treasure Hunt (iTravel York)
- Cambridgeshire County Council – Small Change Big Difference
Best Sustainable Travel Initiative – Education – sponsored by David Richards
This award recognises projects and initiatives for travel to and between education providers, developed by individuals and groups to promote and encourage sustainable travel. Projects can include those that involve multi-stranded elements of sustainable travel, e.g. Green Travel Weeks.
Winner – Wiltshire Council & Wiltshire Special Educational Schools – The Get Connected Project – View project details – The Get Connected Project
Finalists:
- Solihull MBC – Engines Off – Young Lungs at Work
- Living Streets – Living Streets’ WOW Activity Tracker
Best Sustainable Travel Initiative – Community – sponsored by Love to Ride
This award recognises projects and initiatives for travel in communities, developed by individuals and groups to promote and encourage sustainable travel. Projects can include those that involve multi-stranded elements of sustainable travel, e.g. Green Travel Weeks.
Winner – London Borough of Ealing Council & Let’s Go Southall – Let’s Ride Southall – View project details – Let’s Go Southall
Finalists:
- Northumberland County Council – The Big Northumberland Gear Change Campaign
- Campaign for Better Transport – The Way Forward Campaign
Contribution to Sustainable Travel – Organisation – sponsored by Brightwayz
This award recognises organisations that have made a significant contribution to sustainable travel locally or nationally.
Winner – Birmingham City Council & National Express West Midlands – Vision to become the UK’s most sustainable bus company – View project details – Vision to become UK’s most sustainable bus company
Finalists:
- Next PLC – Next Redhouse Distribution Centre
- Transport for West Midlands – West Midlands Cycle Hire Scheme
Contribution to Sustainable Travel – Team – sponsored by Cyclepods
This award recognises teams that have made a significant contribution to sustainable travel locally or nationally.
Winner – Wiltshire Council – Employment and Community Skills Team – View project details – Employment and Community Skills Team – Wiltshire Council
Finalists:
- Cambridgeshire County Council – Road Safety Team
- Living Streets – Walk to School Outreach Team
Contribution to Sustainable Travel – Individual – sponsored by PWLC Projects
This award recognises individuals that have made a significant contribution to sustainable travel locally or nationally.
Winner – Alberto Zanni – Brighton & Hove City Council/Brunswick Primary School – View details – Alberto Zanni
Finalists:
- Sarah McAlinden – Next PLC
- Richard Hearne – Founder and Chairperson, PRiDEOUT
Modeshift Travel Demand Management Award – sponsored by Department for Transport and Mott MacDonald
In 2020, Mott MacDonald was appointed as a strategic Travel Demand Management (TDM) advisor to the Department for Transport and provided TDM support to English local authorities throughout the COVIE-19 pandemic, to help to get pupils back to education within the constraint of reduced public transport capacity. The programme was then extended to enable support to be provided for the return of commuter and leisure trips as COVID restrictions eased.
Winner – Travel Demand Management Project – Safer Travel Team, Surrey County Council – View project details – Surrey County Council Travel Demand Management Project
Finalists:
- Back on the Bus Campaign – Transport Coordination Service, Devon County Council
- TDM Team – Transport for Greater Manchester
- School Restart – Transport for West Midlands
