Wishing you all a Healthy, Happy Christmas, especially those who research, progress, advocate for, design, build, and maintain better, healthier villages, towns, cities for everyone.

Here are our 2020 Top 10 inspiring Happy & Healthy Streets Stories, in no particular order

Bringing joy and busting myths were Mrs. Marie Silke, her friend, Mary Farrell, and the entire Silke family, who continue to prove that age is truly just a number when it comes to keeping active in #Galway.

Less traffic, more trikes is the future.

@SilkeRichard #BETop10

Our own @ClareCoCo was quick off the mark with the Ennis Mobility Plan in May.

It gave residents and visitors alike some wonderful stress-free, noise-free, fume-free experiences - for young, old and everyone in-between

@brendanredmond #activetravel #healthystreets #BETop10

Cork traders showed how cooperation can get things done!

Foodies flocked to a vibrant, newly pedestrianised Princes Street in the heart of the city, and everyone else wondered why we had thought that people in Ireland wouldn't enjoy outdoor dining

@CorkPrinces #BETTop10

From around the world and criss-crossing Ireland, people involved in mobility, placemaking, healthier streets, accessibility, public health, government, research and business traded ideas, knowledge, experience, and inspiration online - and elevated us all in the process #BETop10

Towns and cities reallocated space from car sitting to people sitting and we are all the better for it.

Public seating, parklets, inclusive benches welcomed people to outdoor public spaces - to stop, rest, meet, and enjoy a sense of place. #BETop10 #placemaking
@KildareCoCo

2020 was the year that kids nationwide rediscovered the joy of two wheels.

Waiting for infrastructure, rural and urban alike, they won't be stopped now - so they followed the wonderful, inspiring @cycle_bus and School Cycle Buses popped up all over the country #BETTop10

A Proven Theorem: Dots + Pencils = Happier Kids!

Schools zones for cleaner air, safer streets and more active children, were spotted around the capital with @DubCityCouncil @GreenSchoolsIre @Fingalcoco leading the way in their roll-out.
@canalwayetns @GreenlanesNS #airquality

This year brought us closer to what was already nearby, the journey and the destination took on equal value, and we took to the open road to find the green and the blue

@GalwayUrban @laurshannon

#nature #greenspace #healthycities #publichealth #activetravel #BETop10

Knocking it out of the park was the @dlrcc team who raised the bar with their elegant Coastal Mobility Route and who underpinned the point that quality means inclusive. Their work enables everyone - of all ages, genders, abilities - have a better quality of life
@robertburns73

Although the new year ahead can't quite come quickly enough, the past year has shown us the value of community resilience, that we can design for health, and that the change that is necessary is possible. #healthystreets #BEtop10

@ArduStreetArt @StephDickenson @wearecanteen