Italian radio station Rai Radio 2 has launched the "Bike the Nobel" campaign in order to collect signatures to nominate the bicycle for the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize.
Photo by Rai Radio 2/Caterpillar blog
The station believes that the bicycle should be rewarded for it's role as a peaceful means of transportation and cited its use by liberation and resistance movements throughout the world.
"The bicycle is an instrument of peace," a post on the show's blog read. "It's the most democratic tool of transport for all mankind it does not cause wars and pollution, it decreases car accidents."
A symbolic relay is planned for Feb. 2016 in Oslo to deliver the bike's candidacy.
