To no-one’s great surprise, the London boroughs of Hackney and Camden walked off with the prizes at this week’s London Transport Awards.

Hackney was crowned Transport Borough of the Year chiefly for its cycling work. The borough is well known for closing residential streets to through motor traffic, forming a network of quiet routes for cyclists. The judges said:

“Hackney have enhanced their tradition for innovation in cycling with further advances in cycle parking and monitoring progress through cycle counters and apps. The range and breadth of the sustainable transport work undertaken in recent years indicates that there is a lot more to Hackney than simply cycling.”

Camden won the Achievements in Cycling title for their Royal College Street scheme. The street has been given lightweight segregated bike lanes, with planters and ‘armadillos’ to keep cars out. There is a full 2m of space for cyclists in each direction.

Royal College Street is one of the first Dutch-style schemes in the city, and fittingly, London Cycling Campaign was awarded the Travel Information & Marketing prize for its ‘Love London, Go Dutch’ campaign. LCC is seeking to make cycling around London as easy and safe as it would be in a Netherlands city, with separate, protected tracks on main roads and safe traffic conditions on minor streets.

Finally, Heathrow Airport’s commuter team was given an award for their work in increasing cycling and car sharing among airport staff, with a 10% rise in bike use during 2013.