Movement of the Year: This year we saw cities across the U.S competing to run the first, biggest and best Bogota-style Ciclovia events. San Francisco debuted Sunday Streets (after local activists sat Mayor Gavin Newsom down in front of Streetfilms' Ciclovia video and sold him on the idea), Portland and Chicago both called it Sunday Parkways, in south Florida it was Bike Miami and, of course, New York City experienced the phenomenal Summer Streets.
Best International Transportation Concept: The huge success of Paris's Velib has made it so that if you are a big city mayor and you want to be considered "green" you've got to have a public bike-sharing program in the works.
National Policy Idiots of the Year:Texas Gov. Rick Perry opens the rebuilt Katy Freeway proclaiming 18 lanes of "freedom" while Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin whip Republican crowds into a "Drill, baby, drill!" frenzy.
Maybe There is Hope After All Award: Obama dismisses Clinton and McCain's gas tax holiday "gimmick" one week before the Indiana and North Carolina primaries and with gas prices hovering somewhere around $4 -- and people still vote for him.
Welcome to the Future Award:Atlanta motorists used Twitter to locate service stations that haven't run out of gasoline.
Most Inexplicably Popular Streetfilm: "Hal (and Kerri) Grade Your Bike Locking." It's a smash hit with 24,000 views since being posted at the end of April...
Best Livable Streets Rap Video: "Bikes on Board" by Louisville, Kentucky bus mechanic and m.c. Mr. Theo and his back-up singers, the TARCettes.
Best Public Service Video: Transport for London's "Awareness Test."
America's Baddest Livable Streets Activists:Los Angeles's Crimanimalz. It turns out the 405 and Interstate 10 are somewhat practical bike routes during rush hour. When is someone going to try the BQE with a camera on their helmet?
Coolest New Web App: New York City cyclists get their own online route mapping service with Ride the City.
Professional Athlete of the Year: Baltimore Orioles pitcher and regular bike commuter Jeremy Guthrie.
Most disturbing photo: Paul "The Fixie Flasher" White bikes over the Brooklyn Bridge.
AARON NAPARSTEK is the founder and former editor-in-chief of Streetsblog. Based in Brooklyn, New York, Naparsteks journalism, advocacy and community organizing work has been instrumental in growing the bicycle network, removing motor vehicles from parks, and developing new public plazas, car-free streets and life-saving traffic-calming measures across all five boroughs. Naparstek is the author of "Honku: The Zen Antidote for Road Rage" (Villard, 2003), a book of humorous haiku poetry inspired by the endless motorist sociopathy observed from his apartment window. Prior to launching Streetsblog, Naparstek worked as an interactive media producer, pioneering some of the Web's first music web sites, online communities, live webcasts and social networking services. Naparstek is currently in Cambridge with his wife and two young sons where he is enjoying a Loeb Fellowship at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design. He has a master's degree from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and a bachelor's degree from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Naparstek is a co-founder of the Park Slope Neighbors community group and the Grand Army Plaza Coalition. You can find more of his work here: http://www.naparstek.com.