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People Powered Movement Photo Contest Winners Announced

Posted: 03/01/2010

Washington, DC - March 1, 2010 - The Alliance for Biking & Walking announced the winners of the 2009 People Powered Movement Photo Contest today. The contest ran from September through November 2009 with public voting during the month of December helping to narrow down the finalists. A panel of expert judges determined the final contest winners.

Todd Winters of Chicago, Illinois is the lucky grand prize winner for his photo “Walk, Ride, Run” depicting bicyclists and pedestrians on Chicago’s Lakeshore Path. Todd wins a 10-day all-expense-paid VBT bike tour of Tuscany and a year’s supply of CLIF BARs. In addition, Todd selected BikeWalk Virginia to receive a $1,000 Alliance Communications Grant in support of their work to advance bicycling and walking in Virginia.

Alan Young from Port Moody, British Columbia won second place overall with his photo “Biking is Cool.” Alan will take home a new Breezer Uptown 8 commuter bike. Third place overall winner Eduardo Green Short, from San Francisco, CA, wins a new Dahon Mµ™ P24 folding bike. Alan, Eduardo, and other contest winners also will take home gear from Rickshaw Bagworks, Planet Bike, and CLIF BAR and receive subscriptions to Momentum Magazine and Bicycle Times Magazine. Select winners’ photos are also featured in the March/April issue of Momentum Magazine.

Over 2,000 photos submitted to the seven contest categories are benefiting the Alliance for Biking & Walking’s new Online Photo Library, a valuable resource that provides free high quality images for grassroots bicycle and pedestrian advocacy organizations.

WINNING PHOTOS:

Grand Prize: Walk, Ride, Run by Todd Winters, Chicago, IL
Second Place: Biking is Cool, by Alan Young, Port Moody, BC
Third Place: Zig-Zag by Eduardo Green Short, San Francisco, CA

BIKING Category:

First Place: Woman Commuting by Pamela Palma, Oakland, CA
Second Place: Reid Family on Tour by Carlton Reid, Tyne and Wear, UK
Third Place: Grand Army Plaza by Lois Bielefeld, Brooklyn, NY

WALKING Category:

First Place: Leash by Jason Lam, Australia
Second Place: Walking the Rails at Dusk Del Mar, Kimball Andrew Schmidt, San Diego, CA
Third Place: Walking Together, Liv Ames, San Jose, CA

BIKING AND WALKING Category:

First Place: Critical Mass @ Gas Work Park-Seattle WA by Joseph Schell, San Francisco, CA
Second Place: A Ride in the Park by Pamela Palma, Oakland, CA
Third Place: Mission Family by Kate McCarthy, San Francisco, CA

INSPIRATIONAL Category:

First Place: by Joel Koontz, Greenville, SC
Second Place: Tour de Brooklyn 2009 by Lois Bielefeld, Brooklyn, NY
Third Place: Chilly Hilly Participants Arrival by Ferry 2, Kimball Andrew Schmidt, San Diego, CA

COMPLETE STREETS Category:

First Place: Staalstr by Rachel Wiersma, Vancouver, BC
Second Place: by Gabriella Salary, Toronto, ON
Third Place: You Choose by Eduardo Green Short, San Francisco, CA

ADVOCATES IN ACTION Category:

First Place: We are here to stay by Gabriella Salary, Toronto, ON
Second Place: Ignacio teaches bike safety by Kathleen Dreier, Tuscon, AZ
Third Place: One Less Car by Lois Bielefeld, Brooklyn, NY

YOUTH Category:

First Place: Keeping it Going by Elizabeth Brauer, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Second Place: Action Shot by Christian E, Oakland, CA
Third Place: LikeABike in the snow by Carlton Reid, United Kingdom

The People Powered Movement Photo Contest was made possible by 42BELOW, Momentum Magazine, CLIF BAR, VBT Bicycling and Walking Vacations, Planet Bike, Rickshaw Bagworks, Bicycle Times, Breezer, Dahon, Cycle California! Magazine, Bicycle Retailer and Industry News, Funes Design, and JPG Magazine.

About the Alliance:
Alliance for Biking & Walking is the North American coalition of over 160 grassroots biking and walking advocacy organizations. The Alliance works to strengthen grassroots organizations through grants, training, sharing best practices and resources. For more information about our work, or to find a local organization you can work with, visit www.PeoplePoweredMovement.org.

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