The OSMOSE Awards – created within the framework of the European NICHES project – want to reward local authorities who have shown the courage to introduce innovative and daring measures in order to meet the challenges they are facing today in the urban transport field in a sustainable and effective way. The Awards will particularly look at the most promising new concepts, initiatives and projects which today still occupy a ‘niche’ position but clearly have the potential to become a ‘mainstream’ urban transport policy application in the future.