Paris Receives Award for Accessibility, Sustainability and Inclusion

The Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) and the Sustainable Transport Award Committee recently named Paris, France, as the winner of the 2023 Sustainable Transport Award (STA). This honor recognizes the city’s recent progress to improve its public transport and urban spaces with policies that promote sustainability, accessibility and inclusion. Paris has been working on targeted efforts to create multi-modal and wholly integrated transport networks that improve quality of life for all Parisians. The pandemic allowed the city to test policies and interventions that directly address issues of emissions, noise pollution and public health, while creating infrastructure that reflects the needs of its people. Paris’ vision for a comprehensive cycling network, for example, has been core to its mobility strategies. With the 2023 STA honor, Paris is being commended for its political will, resource investments and policy commitments to reshaping its streets for the needs of cyclists and pedestrians, rather than cars. The STA Program from ITDP is the annual celebration of select cities implementing innovative sustainable transportation projects in the preceding year. Paris will receive the award in a live broadcast, and the city will join in the STA Series programming, along with honorable mentions Bhubaneswar, India, and Jalisco, Mexico, throughout the year.