Cast Your Vote for the Best Picture of Car-Free Kiddies in Cities

11:30 AM EDT on October 2, 2013

Are cities good places for children?

The hundreds of beautiful photos you all sent in to our Kiddies + Cities Photo Contest, co-sponsored by the Alliance for Biking & Walking, testify that the answer to that question is "yes." The vibrancy and diversity in cities make them fertile ground for children's sponge-like minds and boundless energy. And what better way is there to model healthy, active living for your kids than to walk, bike, and explore the city with them outside the confines of a car?

Now we need your help. We couldn't pick just two winners, so please help us out by voting for your favorite picture. The top two vote-getters will win free Breezer bikes! (Click any photo to enlarge.)

Polls close at 5:00 p.m. next Monday, October 7 and our winners will be announced the next day.

Fountains at Millennium Park, Chicago. Photo by Andrew Nothstine

Getting ready, Atlanta. Photo by Michelle J. Marcus Rushing

Conversations, New York City. Photo by Liz Patek

Kristin, Aurora, and Embry ride their bikes to and from work every day, as seen here coming home for the evening along the W&OD trail in Herndon, VA. Photo by Brian W. Knight

Waiting for taxi, near Union Square, Manhattan. Photo by Andrew Nothstine

Mother and child crossing the street at Orenco Station in Hillsboro, Oregon during an American Planning Association tour of the award-winning mixed-use development. Photo by Derek Severson

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Tanya Snyder

Tanya became Streetsblog's Capitol Hill editor in September 2010 after covering Congress for Pacifica Radios Washington bureau and for public radio stations around the country. She lives car-free in a transit-oriented and bike-friendly neighborhood of Washington, DC.

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