The National Cycling Project Awards recognise projects that demonstrate value in assisting and encouraging cycling. We are particularly looking for examples of outstanding, innovative practice, worthy of national recognition with evidence of benefit to cyclists or cycling

The awards are run jointly by CTC, the national cyclists’ organisation and CCN, the federation of cycle campaign groups, with the aim of encouraging best practice in promoting cycling. They publicise and raise awareness of successful schemes or projects that are making a positive contribution to cycling. These could be implemented by local authorities, transport operators, businesses, schools, community organisations or anyone else. Consideration will be given to projects of any kind that are shown to have made a difference.

Criteria

• Schemes or projects must have been operational for at least three months at the time of nomination – and long enough to supply evidence of success.
• Entries should be accompanied, where appropriate, with evidence of performance, preferably in the form of a before and after comparison.
• As far as possible, evaluation should be based on objective rather than subjective criteria, measured against verifiable standards.
• The judges are unlikely to select an non-road track for an award unless the application can demonstrate how it fits in with an overall cycling strategy. It would need to display the highest standards in terms of design, surface quality and maintenance, interconnectivity at all intermediate points, signing to and from the track, appropriate lighting and absence of personal security problems.
• The judges welcome nominations from schemes which may not be immediately obvious as cycle schemes. For example congestion charging, parking controls, streets or town centres or junctions that are cycle-friendly but do not necessarily involve specific cycle infrastructure.