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The cold, wet winter. What better to time to be a cyclist? Catch up on all the latest cycling news and events in the ECF's 2nd newsletter of 2016.

01 Feb, 2016

You haven't heard much about the Pro-E-bike project for a while because it's business as usual. No we don't mean because it's winter time that the bikes aren't...

01 Feb, 2016
Bernhard with Yu Ting at NTU Taiwan

What do driverless vehicles, Sustainable Low Carbon Transport (SLoCaT) and the World Bank have in common? The answer: all were part of ECF Secretary General Ber...

01 Feb, 2016
The Bubble Post team

3 years ago, Bubble Post was a bicycle taxi service in the city of Ghent for tourists. Now they are one of the leading package delivery providers in Europe. To...

28 Jan, 2016

Velo-city began in 1980 in Bremen, Germany with deep ties in the founding of the European Cyclists’ Federation. Since then conferences have been held in cities...

20 Jan, 2016

Since its introduction, the HEAT tool has been seen as a valuable tool to help countries better understand the positive impact that cycling can have. Understand...

20 Jan, 2016

Denmark advocates conquer the first place in spite of Netherlands supremacy on cycling use. Flickr/ECF   Good cycling policy requires good data “In God we...

20 Jan, 2016

  EU Capitals                          Cycling modal share Year      ...

19 Jan, 2016

Across the globe, the percentage of children that walk or cycle to school has decreased from 82% to 14% within the last 30 years. Source: McDonald, N.C. 20...

19 Jan, 2016

  The graph below shows the evolution of the percentage of people who answered “cycling” to the question of the Eurobarometer: “On a typical day, which mo...

19 Jan, 2016

Drivers overtaking cyclists passed an average of 8.5 cm closer to those wearing helmets. Source. When Australia introduced mandatory cycle helmet law, bicy...

19 Jan, 2016

Countries with the lowest levels of cycle use have the poorest cyclist safety records. Source. In a study of 115 cities in the US and Denmark, as well in...

19 Jan, 2016

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