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Daniel Moser,                              reasonably be expected without concrete           people still needed to get outside,       powerful, selection of many who are
Armin Wagner                               indication of a violation of rights. If we        to move around, to go to work.            actively contributing to make mobi-
                                           become aware or are notified by a third           Faced with a daunting new reality,        lity future-oriented, safe, inclusive
Design                                     party that a linked external site gives rise to   members of the international trans-       and sustainable. So please, join us
Carina Mähler,                             civil or criminal liability, we will remove the   port community stepped up with            in celebrating our transport heroes,
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Mählerbrandt                               dissociate ourselves from such content.           going. TUMI is therefore proud to         transforming mobility to improve life
                                                                                             shine a light on these success stories.   for all!
                                                                                             The 21Heroes2021 saw through the
                                                                                             despair and used this crisis as a way     Keep the transformative spirit alive!
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                                                                                       of Medellín, Colombia                         emissions by introducing pop-up
                                                                                                                                     bike lanes during the first months
                                                                                                                                     of the pandemic, which allowed for
                                                                                       At the start of the pandemic, Carlos          an increase of use by female cyclists
Minister of the Government             a speed and quality that Brussels               disseminated Personal Protective              above 300% (as compared to the
of the Brussels Capital                had never seen before. Starting on              Equipment (PPE) to Medellín’s resi-           previous year). Some of these lanes
Region, Belgium                        January 1st, Elke’s plan for ‘City 30’          dents and regularly fought the virus          are now being turned into permanent
                                       transformed the max speed limit to              on public transport vehicles with dis-        bike lanes. With his city on its way to
                                       30km/h as the rule, not the exception.          infectant. But coronavirus wasn’t the         safety, Carlos can don one of his many
When the pandemic came for Brus-                                                       only killer on Cadena-Gaitán’s streets.       other hats. He is a professor, resear-
sels, Elke Van den Brandt gathered     Elke is the President of the Board              Road deaths killed 10 out of every            cher and urban activist, specializing
her team working on Mobility, Public   of the Flemish Community Com-                   100,000 inhabitants, so he set out to         in urban sustainability outcomes in
Works and Road Safety. Coronavirus     mission and a member of the Joint               implement the Vision Zero approach            Latin American Cities. Carlos regular-
had taken over people’s homes and      Board of the Common Community                   to the city’s 2020-2023 Development           ly contributes to several Colombian
workplaces, so Elke decided to give    Commission, working in tandem                   Plan to reduce deaths by initiating           publications and is the co-founder of
public spaces back to the people.      with Health Minister Alain Maron on             - inter alia - the complete transforma-       the think tank La Ciudad Verde.
First, she rescued the spaces from     Health and Social Action campaigns.             tion of the most dangerous avenue
cars that were polluting and taking                                                    in the city: the Autopista Norte ("The            @CadenaGaitan
over 70% of public space. Elke then        @elkevdbrandt                               Northern Highway").
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Under Andriy’s guidance, Lviv ad-         Beyond that, Andriy is a great orator
opted its Sustainable Urban Mobi-         of sustainable mobility. His vlog:      Minister of Transport of the
lity Plan in February 2020, a brave       Bilyy VLOG – YouTube regularly
strategy to define the city’s policy on
                                                                                  Federal Democratic Republic
                                          draws significant audience.
movement for the next decade. Wit-                                                of Ethiopia
hin this plan is a goal to optimize the   Since 2017, Andriy has been an advi-
city for efficiency, comfort, value,      sor of the Mayor of Lviv in transport   As the pandemic swept through            crossings, sufficient streetlights and
safety and environmental concerns.        and mobility questions. Formerly, he    Ethiopia, many abandoned public          the greening of street areas.
Andriy is dedicated to creating safe      worked at Dunapack Ukraine and at       transit. Dagmawit knew that she’d
streets for everyone. He is renowned      Procter & Gamble where he directed      have to be creative to save her cities   Dagmawit was appointed Minister
for prioritizing walking, cycling, and    production and led the quality assu-    and find new ways to help Ethiopi-       of Transport of the Federal Demo-
public transport in Lviv, with a Vision   rance initiative team.                  ans' journey to access opportunities.    cratic Republic of Ethiopia in Octo-
Zero goal for traffic accidents.                                                  She inaugurated the Non-Motorized        ber 2018. Previously, she served as
                                              facebook.com/andr.bilyy             Transport Strategy 2020-2029, a          Deputy Mayor and Communication’s
                                                                                  plan to reduce the use of personal       Affairs bureau head of Addis Ababa
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                                                                                  people, her plan would focus on the
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                                                                                  SpaceX-Founder                                                Now the question is if he will expand
                                                                                  and CEO of Tesla, USA                                         to public mobility such as e-busses?

                                                                                                                                                Aside from being a transportation
Chairman and Managing
                                         during the pandemic, Arun brought        A true legend in innovation, Elon’s                           visionary, Elon is an engineer, busi-
Director of Odisha State                 together over 1200 bus drivers and       electric vehicle and clean energy                             ness magnate, industrial designer
Road Transport Undertaking               conductors across Odisha state for a     company, Tesla, is well on its way                            and philanthropist. He is the foun-
(OSRTC) and Managing Direc-              virtual training program that lasted     to achieve the goal of “accelerating                          der, CEO, CTO and chief designer
tor of Capital Region Urban              a fortnight, using this terrible pause   the advent of sustainable trans-                              of SpaceX; early investor, CEO and
Transport (CRUT) Odisha, India           to impart knowledge and skills on        port” by pushing the boundaries of                            product architect of Tesla; founder
                                         topics like safe and fuel-efficient      e-mobility. However, where there is                           of The Boring Company; co-founder
                                         driving practices, customer care,        progress, there is often also con-                            of Neuralink; and co-founder and in-
Under Arun’s leadership, the public      gender sensitivity and good bus          troversy. The sustainable transport                           itial co-chairman of OpenAI. He was
transport sector in Odisha has seen      maintenance practices.                   transformation traditionally calls for                        elected as Fellow of the Royal Society
bold changes through the fulfillment                                              more mass transit rather than indivi-                         in 2018 and was ranked joint-first on
of commuter-friendly measures like       A senior and revered officer of the      dual cars, but Elon’s dynamic vision                          the Forbes list of the Most Innovative
digital transactions, limitations wit-   Indian Police Services, Arun began       and focused spirit will nonetheless                           Leaders of 2019.
hin buses to sitting-only passengers     his first public transport assignment    spur larger changes to the future of
and the enforcement of a stringent       in June 2019 as Managing Director        the mobility industry.                                                   @elonmusk
Covid-19 prevention strategy. On         of CRUT. Previously, he worked as
buses, Arun enforced mask wearing,       the CEO of Odisha’s central electri-
regularly disinfection and social        city supply utility and at the Central                                                                  A   4.0
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                                                                                        When the Emergency Management           Dongho has worked over 25 years in
                                                                                        Center called during the pandemic,      the transportation engineering field,
                                                                                        Dongho answered. Working in tan-        always with an eye towards impro-
Deputy General Manager                        Nations, World Bank and many other        dem with the Seattle Department of      ving safety and mobility for all travel
of Shenzhen Bus Group Co.                     NGOs, as well as global public trans-     Transportation’s Incident Management    modes. Previously, he worked as
Ltd., China                                   portation authorities and operators on    Team, Dongho worked to uplift the       the Traffic Engineer for the City of
                                              coping with Covid-19.                     streets. Throughout the troubling       Everett and as Area Engineer for
                                                                                        months of April and May, he imple-      the Washington State Department
When he joined Shenzhen Bus, Joe              An international giant in the field of    mented the “Stay Healthy Streets”       of Transportation, where he was re-
successfully procured and commis-             urban and transportation planning,        campaign, a task that opened over       sponsible for the traffic signals group,
sioned over 6,000 electric buses              Joe has brought his skill all over Chi-   20 miles of residential streets to      traffic analysis and channelization re-
and 5,000 electric taxis, motivating          na, Asia Pacific and the UK. He is an     walking and biking. Seattle was in      view, and the traffic safety program.
Shenzhen Bus Group to become the              Eminent Fellow of the Royal Institute     line with many cities that opened
largest and first fully electric public ve-   of Chartered Surveyors, a Member of       streets to bestow ample space upon               @dongho_chang
hicle operator in the world. In recogni-      the Royal Town Planning Institute and     residents seeking recreation while
tion of this noble feat, Shenzhen Bus         a registered Professional Planner. At     socially distancing.
was granted the highest 'Outstanding          Shenzhen Bus, Joe oversees inter-
Achievement' Award at the UITP 2019           national development, procurement,
Global Summit at Stockholm. During            marketing, taxi and coach opera-
the Covid-19 pandemic in 2019, Joe            tions, training and advertisement. He
                                                                                                                                                      ng
                                                                                                                                            Dongho Cha
wrote two articles on how Shenzhen            currently chairs the UITP’s global Taxi
Bus Group combats Covid-19 and on             and Ride-Hailing Committee and is a                                     er
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                                                                                             Mayor of Tirana,
Bogotá has become a beacon for              Nicolás earned his degree in civil               Albania
urban resilience during the pande-          engineering and in city and traffic
mic, and that’s in large part thanks to     planning at the University of North              As the people of Tirana sheltered      A wise leader, Erion recognized that
Nicolás. He took bold action during         Carolina. He previously worked for               in their homes during lockdown,        the most balanced way to achieve
the crisis to rethink the distribution of   the World Bank in Washington D.C.,               Erion looked to a new urban age of     his plans would be to inspire the
public space and to increase safety,        the CAF – Development Bank of Latin              sustainability and resilience, set-    minds of his people. “I often say that
efficiency and diversity of active mo-      America, and also served as Deputy               ting a clear mission to spur green     the biggest infrastructure project to
bility modes like cycling and walking.      Minister of Transport in Colombia. He            projects that would alter vehicular    change in a city is not a boulevard,
He supported the construction of            has served as secretary of mobility in           dominance in favor of pedestrians      nor a big building. We know how
more than 84km of new bike lanes,           Bogotá since January 2020.                       and cyclists. Erion thus oversaw the   to do those. It’s the 10 centimeters
and as a result, cyclists have filled the                                                    replacement of side parking spaces     between our ears – one’s thinking
streets of Bogotá this year, up from            @nico_estupinan                              with wider sidewalks and an additio-   and mentality – that is the toughest
6.5% to 13%, a positive trend that is                                                        nal 11km of pop-up bike lanes.         of infrastructures to transform.”
expected to continue.
                                                                                             Erion was elected Mayor of Tirana          @erionveliaj
                                                                                             in June 2015, leading the vibrant
                                                                                             city towards a vision of sustaina-
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                                                                                   Former Executive City                        20 new bicycle friendly streets in the
                                                                                   Councilor for Urban Planning,                upcoming years. She has proposed to
                                                                                   Traffic & Transport, Climate                 convert parking spaces into additional
                                                                                                                                pavement space and to help restau-
                                                                                   Protection, Energy Planning
                                                                                                                                rants and cafés adhere to physical
Head of the Roads and Parks              are able to test things for practical
                                                                                   and Public Participation                     distancing guidelines.
Department in Friedrichshain-            suitability – that is wonderful. “        in Vienna, Austria
Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany                                                                                                      Birgit is an Austrian politician of the
                                         An outdoorsman at heart, Felix            In her time working on mobility and          Greens. She has served as Deputy
                                         previously served as forestry policy      sustainability in Vienna, Birgit had         Mayor of Vienna from 2019 to 2020,
Felix received great acclaim for his     advisor in the Ministry of Agriculture    an earnest mission: To make Vienna           and previously served as a member of
swift action and accurate timing in      in Schwerin and as logistician for        the green capital of Europe, a city          the municipal council and state parlia-
the implementation of 13km of pop-       energy wood production and head           that promotes fairness, space, less          ment of Vienna from 2010 to 2019.
up bike lanes in his district during     of the forestry office in Bad Dobe-       noise, better air quality and equitable
the pandemic, a daring move that         ran. In his current position, he is re-   distribution of different modes of               @BirgitHebein
increased the number of cyclists by      sponsible for complex public spaces       transportation on the streets. During
27%. While some city leaders wish        such as Görlitzer Park and the traffic    the pandemic, she took dynamic
to keep these lanes temporary, Felix     systems in one of the most densely        action, implementing plans to build
has valiantly advocated for their per-   populated urban areas in Europe.
manency even after the pandemic.
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    Mayor of Porto Alegre,                       Nelson’s project relies on the con-
    Brazil                                       cept of Complete Streets, a plan that
                                                 uses trustworthy urban design                                                             Anne
    Nelson has introduced the concept            solutions to offer a safer and more                                                      Hidalgo
    of exclusive bus lanes and cycle             democratic experience for everyone.       Mayor of Paris,
    paths in the districts Auxiliadora and
                                                                                           France
    Moinhos de Vento, a conscientious            Nelson has also commenced the
    move to prioritize public transport          debate on implementing a conge-
    and active mobility in Porto Alegre.         stion price through a proposal to         Anne knew that ‘shelter-in-place’
    A tremendous feat, this measure              the City Council. Nelson studied          orders would require a redistribu-
    extends 36km of blue lanes for the           Law at the University of Vale do Rio      tion of public space, so she seized       Champs-Élysées into an “extraordi-
    exclusive use of public transport at         dos Sinos. Since 2002 he has been         the chance to open street space for       nary garden”.
    peak times, which, along with 57km           active in political and public affairs.   pedestrians and cyclists, introdu-
    of bus corridors, contributes to the         He previously worked as director of       cing 50km of pop-up bike lanes and        Anne is world-renowned for leading
    regularity of operations and more            development and agribusiness at           planning many more. Cycling rates         a bold policy that focues on social
    agile traveling.                             the Bank Banrisul.                        have since skyrocketed by 50% in          inclusiveness, sustainable develop-
                                                                                           one year alone. As mayor, Anne has        ment, climate change, air quality
                                                     @marchezan_                           pursued a green agenda for the City       and green mobility. The ideals she
                                                                                           of Paris, creating ‘urban forests’ and    lives by are solidarity, innovation
                                                                                           re-engineering the city’s squares         and civic participation. She has been
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                                                                                           Paris into a 15-minutes-city by           the Parisian left coalition to victory
                                                                                           increasing the availability of services   in 2004 and 2010.
                                                                                           to reduce transport demand.
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                                                                                            portation Agency (SFMTA),                                     40 miles of “slow streets” and the
                                                                                                                                                          closure of 18 miles worth of streets
                                                                                            California, USA
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                                                                                            Over the past year, Jeffrey didn’t                            As Director of Transport, he over-
Bicycle Mayor of Mexico City,            mobility and access to the city, as                allow the pandemic to dampen his                              sees the Municipal Railway (Muni),
Mexico                                   well as empowering poor marginali-                 sustainable mobility goals. Rather,                           parking, traffic engineering, bicycle
                                         zed communities.                                   he used the crisis as an opportuni-                           and pedestrian safety, transportation
Through keen allyship with likemin-                                                         ty to rapidly transform the traffic                           accessibility and taxi regulation for
ded organizations, Areli assured the     Areli is currently fostering the trans-            system, ensuring access to essential                          the City & County of San Francisco.
success of Mexico City’s new Mo-         formation of mototaxis to e-assisted               areas like hospitals. Jeffrey especial-
bility Law in 2014, a credence that      cycle cabs in Mexico City that will                ly acknowledged the SFMTA wor-                                    @jeffreytumlin
guarantees the right to mobility and     improve more than half a million                   kers: “Our workers have been heroes
prioritizes sustainable active trans-    daily trips, particularly for women.               during Covid-19, showing up every
port. In October 2020, the State of                                                         day to get essential workers to work
Mexico amended its national consti-      Areli is a longtime activist who                   and keep the city running.” Despite
tution, giving every person the right    lobbies for policy change around                   scarce resources, his work included
to mobility under the conditions         cycling and urban mobility. She’s a                the creation of over 1000 “shared
of “safety, accessibility, efficiency,   founding member of Bicitekas, an                   spaces” which allowed small busi-
sustainability, quality, inclusion and   organization that promotes the use                 ness to use street space for business                                           Jeffrey
equality”. As Bicycle Mayor, Areli has   of bicycles in Mexico City.
focused on the people living in the
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                                                            transportation stations directly           Corporation in Kochi, India
        Already scarce resources in Jakar-                  linked to commuter line railway            (2015-2020)
        ta dwindled during Covid-19, yet                    stations. Jakarta’s achievements
        resourceful Anies led steady transit                have been announced to be acknow-
        improvements, including respective                  ledged with the ITDP-led STA award         Under Soumini’s leadership, Kochi
        bus services and plans for a large                  2021.                                      Municipal Corporation implemented
        cycling network, 63km of which are                                                             several measures to curb Covid-19
        already in place. The city worked                   Anies is an Indonesian academic, ac-       cases in the city, such as calling        For example, a touchless QR code
        toward a shared goal of creating fair,              tivist, politician and founder of Indo-    on other town leaders to organize         system for currency transfer was
        affordable and inclusive transpor-                  nesia Mengajar, a mentor program           hygiene stations for hand-washing         installed, as well as physical separa-
        tation for all. Before the pandemic,                that assigns university graduates to       at markets and bus and railway            tors for conventional auto rickshaws
        Anies took a bird’s eye view of Ja-                 serve in a one-year teaching mission       stations. An advocate for keeping         to ensure social distancing and
        karta’s transport system in order to                across the country. He previously          the people safe, she ensured the          safety protocols. It is due to Soumi-
        create a transformative and integra-                served as Minister of Education and        distribution of affordable facemasks      ni’s valorous actions that Kochi was
        ted system of different transporta-                 Culture under the Joko Widodo ad-          among vulnerable groups and of            awarded with the ‘Award of Com-
        tion modes. Amid the city smog, he                  ministration.                              food to the homeless residing at          mendable Initiative’ for ‘Innovations
        saw an opportunity for launching                                                               temporary government shelters.            undertaken in Urban Transport du-
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                                                                                  Governor of Mombasa                          vehicles from parking on walkways.
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                                                                                                                               in Mombasa County has improved
                                                                                  Hassan has always understood                 significantly while movement has
                                                                                  that transport and socioeconomic             become safer.
Mayor of Singra,                                                                  development go hand in hand. As
Bangladesh                                                                        such, he has successfully introduced         Hassan joined active politics in 2004
                                                                                  several mobility and road safety             and became the Kisauni party chair-
                                                                                  projects, including wider footpaths,         man for the Liberal Democratic Par-
During the coronavirus lockdowns,       Zannatul’s acclaim spans further          tabletop crossings to reduce pede-           ty from 2006 to 2007. Later he was
Zannatul led projects that repurpo-     back than the Covid-19 pandemic. In       strian fatalities, bicycle parking, and      elected as Member of Parliament for
sed transport modes for emergency       2019, he received the National Award      streetlights to guarantee security for       Kisauni constituency and as Assis-
response, overseeing the use of e-ri-   on 'Solar Street Light Project' the       residents. The 'red carpet for pede-         tant Minister for Transport. In March
ckshaws to deliver groceries to low     'Resilient City Award 2019' for imple-    strians' saw upgraded walkways in            2013 he was elected as Governor of
and middle-income families shel-        menting low-carbon initiatives.           the central business district and the        Mombasa.
tering in place and installing more                                               reallocation of car parking spaces
e-ambulances to transport patients      Zannatul’s genesis in politics dates      to pedestrians. He also introduced               @HassanAliJoho
and doctors. Other cities should take   back to 2000 when he served on Ad-        strict parking policies to prevent
note of this response when imple-       vocate Zunaid Ahmed Palak’s team
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Chairperson of the Transport
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Recognizing the outsize effects that     2050. “The night trains are a res-
the global crisis would have on both     ponse to all the challenges we face:   Together for a better
the economy and the transport sec-       It is an economic market, a means      mobility future
tor, Karima Delli fought nonstop to      of transport that many citizens love
convince the European Commission         and an ecological alternative to the   All around the world, urban lea-          social and environmental per forman-
and member states to recognize the       plane,” Karima has said. By buil-      ders, transport experts, planners or      ces in line with the New Urban
invaluable role of public transport      ding on existing sustainable modes,    students strive to transform mobility     Agenda, the Agenda 2030 and the
in today’s and tomorrow’s mobility.      Karima’s committee exerted enough      for the better for all. Our goal is to    Paris Agreement.
She refused to allow the crisis to de-   pressure on the EU Council of Mi-      unite them. We roll out innovations
ter sustainable mobility and climate     nisters to ensure that night trains    on the ground, enable knowledge-          TUMI is based on three pillars: inno-
goals. Karima is perhaps best known      will run via Vienna and Munich to      able leaders and invest in the future     vation, knowledge, investment. We
for pushing an agenda that revives       Paris from December 2021 and from      of urban mobility.                        support innovative pilot projects
trans-European night trains as a         Zurich to Rome from 2022.                                                        around the world. We share know-
low-carbon transport solution that                                              We are the leading global imple-          ledge with planners about modern
complements the European Parlia-             @KarimaDelli                       mentation initiative on urban mobi-       mobility concepts, in workshops
ment’s call for carbon neutrality by                                            lity, and we believe in a better future   and conferences. We invest in the
                                                                                for humanity empowered by strong          construction and modernization of
                                                                                and clean mobility. Our vision is thri-   sustainable urban infrastructure.
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