An idea submitted last year by The Gaia Foundation to Google’s 10 to the power of 100 initiative has been included in Google’s shortlist of 16 projects out of more than 150,000 ideas submitted from around the world.

Google's 10 to the power of 100 initiative was launched last year as part of the company's10th anniversary celebrations, committing 10 million dollars to help realise five projects that could help to change the world by helping as many people as possible.

It asked people to submit their ideas, which would be shortlisted. The shortlist would then be put to a public vote. Once the projects are selected, a process would be launched to identify the organisations that were best suited to implement them.

The Gaia Foundation in Malta submitted an idea for the design, development and promotion of a quadrocycle, a low tech means of transport as an extension to the bicycle, for use in the developing world for transport of more than one person and baggage that might include water or agricultural produce for transport to the village or to market, or transport of children to school.

Google’s selection team grouped some proposals together to shortlist 16. Gaia’s idea has been entitled -drive innovation in public transport, promoting bicycle commuting via more efficient bike safety systems.

The public can vote for Gaia's project at www.project10tothe100.com up to Thursday.