BRTS,Ahmedabad,Gujarat nominated for international transport award

The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has added one more feather in its cap. The BRTS has been nominated for the 2010 Sustainable Transport Award. The award would be presented in Washington DC on January 12.

Other competitors are Cali city of Columbia, Curitiba city of Brazil, Guadalajara city in Mexico and Johannesburg in South Africa. According to the award committee those cities have been selected which were transforming their streets and fighting climate change to create high quality public spaces.

The BRTS systems were chosen by a select group of independent institutions like ITDP, EMBARQ, gtz, ICLEI, UITP and UNDP.  Municipal Commissioner I P Gautam said that it was a proud moment for the city.

The award was instituted five years back. Seoul, Bogotá, Paris, London and New York have received this award during the last five years.