Launched in 2009, the Sustainable Mobility Ideas Contest was developed in partnership with MAOTDR - Ministry of Environment, Spatial Planning and Regional Development, and the APA - Portuguese Environment Agency, in conjunction with national councils.
The contest, under the theme "Brainstorming for a Permanent Project", was intended to reward the best project of a permanent measure that, most efficiently, promoted an improvement to the city (ies) atmospheric quality while also exploring sustainable urban mobility.
An online vote saw the award go to the municipality of Almada’s "Bicla Tejo" project, a pedestrian and cycle route that connects Trafaria and Costa da Caparica, with linking the Belém-Trafaria river crossing and the bike path.