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ECF meeting with EU Transport Commissioner, Siim Kallas. The bicycle lobby is growing up. Gone are the days when politicians could say it was “silly hippies...

22 Nov, 2012

Light exercise,  especially cycling and walking, could help cancer patients on their way to recovery says new study.  A UK study compared more than 2,600 peopl...

19 Nov, 2012

This month a decision will be made to include EuroVelo in the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T). If included, this would mean billions in funding, and m...

09 Nov, 2012

European Transport Commissioner Siim Kallas Credit: Mercator Media Bike to work schemes are popping up all across Europe. Now the European Commission is also...

07 Nov, 2012

The Bullit, one of the bicycles on offer for the free trials Brussels-based businesses are able to trial cargo bikes for free, thanks to the European funded...

31 Oct, 2012

Seville's bike sharing system: Who can forget the city of Seville, host to Velo-city 2011 and Spain's bicycle darling. The local advocacy group 'A Contramano...

31 Oct, 2012

Protected bicycle lanes in Vancouver Credit: Richard Campbell If you need more evidence that infrastructure saves lives, then look no further. New research f...

30 Oct, 2012

Dutch transport in winter - Credit: Amsterdamize   Just when you thought the Dutch had it all in terms of cycling infrastructure, they go one step further and...

24 Oct, 2012

Data from TomTom has ranked Europe’s most congested cities. Unsurprisingly, the top 5 cities have low levels of cycling. Navigation systems manufacturer, TomTo...

18 Oct, 2012

Mayor Ron Huldai signing the Charter of Brussels Credit: Yael Tzur Tel-Aviv has signed ECF’s charter of Brussels and wants to see 15% of all trips done by bi...

12 Oct, 2012

People in Houten, the Netherlands Why are some European cities cycling mad? And how can other cities copy their infrastructure? ECF spoke to Kalle Vaismaa, c...

11 Oct, 2012

The European Commission recently joined Bike to Work and Filip Majcen, a Director at the Commission’s DG Translation, was among the first to sign up. In this in...

09 Oct, 2012

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