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The Alliance is pleased to announce the winners of the 2011 People Powered Movement Photo Contest.

With three new categories in 2011—Women, Diversity, and Open Streets—more than 1,700 photos were submitted from photographers across North America. After a public voting period, finalists and winners were selected by a diverse panel of judges and Alliance staff.

“To increase biking and walking, advocates need access to quality photos that convey the power and possibility of a self-propelled lifestyle,” said Carolyn Szczepanski, Alliance Communications Coordinator. “The images submitted to the People Powered Movement Photo Contest will serve as a practical and inspirational resource for state and local leaders across North America.”

Rachel Schell, a photographer from Spokane, WA, won the overall grand prize for “Flying” and will receive an all-expenses-paid, 10-day bike trip to Tuscany, Italy, from VBT Bicycling and Walking Vacations. Liv Ames from San Jose, CA, won second place overall for her photo “Vancouver Foot Traffic,” and Russell Roca of Corvallis, OR, took third place overall for his “Biking Family” image.

Partnering with the Alliance to share these images with a wider audience, Momentum magazine is featuring winning photographs from all seven contest categories in its March/April 2012 issue. “The best and most captivating way to encourage biking and walking is to see others doing it, so the second best way is to see this in photos,” said Mia Kohout, publisher of Momentum magazine. “We’re excited to have the opportunity to publish such outstanding works, and we’d like to extend a special congratulations to the winners!”

Visit www.PeoplePoweredMovement.org/photocontest to view winning photos in all categories. All photos will be incorporated into the Alliance Photo Library by April 1.

PHOTO: Grand Prize winner, “Flying” by Rachel Schell

Online voting opens today for the 2011 People Powered Movement Photo Contest.

Presented by the Alliance for Biking & Walking, the contest has received more than 1,500 photo submissions from participants across the continent. Now you’re invited to help decide who will win an all-expenses-paid biking or walking trip to Italy and a host of other prizes.

The second People Powered Movement Photo Contest aims to both celebrate the beauty and energy of active transportation and continue to build an online library of high-quality images that can be used by bicycle and pedestrian advocacy organizations across North America.

Starting today and running through November 30th, members of the public are invited to vote for their favorite photos on the contest website. Each participant can vote for up to 10 photos in each of the seven contest categories.

Once the public vote has nominated the contest finalists, a panel of expert and advocate judges from across the continent will then determine the winners.

The overall grand prize is an all-expenses-paid, 10-day biking or walking trip to Italy, from VBT Bicycling and Walking Vacations. Additional prizes include, a new bicycle from PUBLIC Bikes; bags from Ortlieb; lights from Planet Bike: gear from Fyxation; helmets from Bern. All first-place photos will also be featured in a 2012 issue of Momentum magazine.

To view the photos and cast your vote, visit www.PeoplePoweredMovement.org/PhotoContest

There’s just ONE DAY left to enter your best images of biking and walking in the 2011 People Powered Movement Photo Contest.

The submission period ends TODAY, October 31st, at midnight EDT. Don’t miss your chance to win an all-expenses-paid trip from VBT Bicycling and Walking Vacations!

The 2011 Photo Contest aims to both celebrate the beauty and energy of active transportation and continue to build an online library of high-quality images that can be used by bicycle and pedestrian advocacy organizations across North America. Categories include:

• Advocates in Action
• Biking
• Biking and Walking
• Diversity / Equity / Building an Inclusive Movement
• Open Streets / Ciclovias
• Walking
• Women

Additional entrants in the Women, Diversity and Open Streets categories are particularly encouraged!

Individuals can submit up to 20 photo entries via the contest website until midnight, TONIGHT, October 31. From November 1st to 31st, public voting will determine the finalists in each category. A panel of expert and advocate judges from across the continent will then determine the winners.

The overall grand prize is an all-expenses-paid biking or walking trip to Italy, from VBT Bicycling and Walking Vacations. Additional prizes include: A new bicycle from PUBLIC Bikes; bags from Ortlieb ; lights from Planet Bike; gear from Fyxation; helmets from Bern and more! Plus, all winning photos also will be featured in the March 2012 issue of Momentum magazine.

Enter TODAY at www.PeoplePoweredMovement.org/PhotoContest

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact me at Carolyn@PeoplePoweredMovement.org.

Photo: You could win a biking (or walking) trip to Italy from VBT Bicycling and Walking Vacations!

Imagine riding your bike through Tuscany, Italy — pedaling through picturesque medieval villages, cruising down country lanes lined with olive trees, hopping off your bike to explore white beaches and sip wine in local vineyards.

Picture yourself strapping on your walking shoes and traversing the cool, shaded hillsides of Italy’s Amalfi Coast, wandering through chestnut forests and lemon groves and learning culinary secrets from locals, with shimmering azure waters never out of view.

Well, here’s your chance to turn your best pictures of biking and walking into the trip of a lifetime!

The Alliance invites you to submit your images in the 2011 People Powered Movement Photo Contest. This contest aims to both celebrate the beauty and energy of active transportation and continue to build an online library of high-quality images that can be used by bicycle and pedestrian advocacy organizations across North America. Categories include:

• Advocates in Action
• Biking
• Biking and Walking
• Diversity / Equity / Building an Inclusive Movement
• Open Streets / Ciclovias
• Walking
• Women

Additional entrants in the Women, Diversity and Open Streets categories are particularly encouraged!

Individuals can submit up to 20 photo entries via the contest website until October 31. From November 1st to 31st, public voting will determine the finalists in each category. A panel of expert and advocate judges from across the continent will then determine the winners.

The overall grand prize is an all-expenses-paid biking or walking trip to Italy, from VBT Bicycling and Walking Vacations. Additional prizes include: A new bicycle from PUBLIC Bikes; bags from Ortlieb ; lights from Planet Bike; gear from Fyxation; helmets from Bern and more! Plus, all winning photos also will be featured in the March 2012 issue of Momentum magazine.

Enter today at www.PeoplePoweredMovement.org/PhotoContest

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact me at Carolyn@PeoplePoweredMovement.org.

Don’t fall asleep at the wheel and miss your chance to win an all-expenses-paid biking or walking trip to Italy! Enter your best pictures in the 2011 People Powered Movement Photo Contest today.

With more than $8,000 in prizes for the winning entries, the Alliance invites professional, amateur and advocate photographers to celebrate the beauty and energy of active transportation and continue to build an online library of high-quality images that can be used by bicycle and pedestrian advocacy organizations across North America.

Don’t wait: There’s just one month left to submit your photos in the following categories:

• Women: Historically, men have far outnumbered women in active transportation in the U.S. - but that’s changing quickly. We want to see college women pedaling to class, female professionals using bike share to commute to work, mothers walking their kids to school, female advocates and engineers leading the charge to make their communities more bicycle and pedestrian friendly and more…

• Diversity / Equity / Building an Inclusive Movement: This category includes photos of the faces and efforts of the incredible diversity of people, from all racial and economic backgrounds, who walk and bike for transportation and recreation in their unique neighborhoods. Submit your images of Major Taylor Bicycle Club events, social justice rides, transportation equity rallies, outreach efforts to non-English-speaking communities, classes and bicycle giveaways at community cycling centers, recycle-a-bicycle programs and more…

• Open Streets / Ciclovias: Open Streets temporarily close streets to automobiles, allowing residents to walk, bike, skate, dance and utilize the roadways in countless creative and active ways. From Los Angeles to New York to Miami, Open Streets have become an effective and high-energy means to build community, promote active transportation and reconnect neighborhoods divided by traffic. We want to see how your community is engaging in this growing movement.

• Walking: Photos of walkers and pedestrians moving their feet for fitness or mobility.

• Advocates in Action: Images of biking and/or walking advocates making the case for active transportation.

• Biking: Photos that showcase the joy and utility of bicycling for transportation and recreation.

Individuals can submit up to 20 photo entries via the contest website until September 31. From October 1st to 31st, public voting will determine the finalists in each category. A panel of expert and advocate judges from across the continent will then determine the winners.

The overall grand prize is an all-expenses-paid biking or walking trip to Italy, from VBT Bicycling and Walking Vacations. Additional prizes include: A new bicycle from PUBLIC Bikes; bags from Ortlieb ; lights from Planet Bike; gear from Fyxation; helmets from Bern and more! Plus, all winning photos also will be featured in the March 2012 issue of Momentum magazine.

Enter your photos by September 31 at http://www.PeoplePoweredMovement.org/PhotoContest.