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. Understanding how it can be best applied and utilized is a key part of making the most out of the...

Mobility planners, city officials, consultants, advocates and all cycling experts: These are some reasons why you cannot miss Velo-city Global 2016 in Taipei. 1) World class design Taipei is the world’s design capital for 2016. In...

Italian member FIAB achieves a historic milestone as Italian parliament announces pro cycling measures December was a good month for cyclists in Italy as the parliament approved some of the most positive cycling measures in the history of...

As advocates, understanding how politicians feel about cycling and its potential is an important part of promoting cycling, and thanks to information like this from ConBici, we can gain an insight into how the Spanish political parties viewed...

Win-Win – that is the objective of the Cycling for Growth Initiative. It brings together advocacy to promote more cycling together with advocacy to sustain a strong European bicycle manufacturing sector. As the UK’s largest bicycle manufacturer and...

Article by JP Amaral – co-founder of Bike Anjo/Brazil Brazilian Bike Community Map Cycling is not only an important element on urban mobility, but an instrument for citizenship and awareness of socio-environmental issues. Bike Anjo (“bike...

Hungarian cyclists’ movement leader died before Christmas after ten years of tireless work Hungarian cyclists owe a lot to László János, former president of the Hungarian Cyclists’ Club, who passed away on December 23rd 2015. He worked hard,...

Mobility and cycling has never been so alive in the climate agenda. First of all, going to COP21 was not an easy task. At least 1 hour and three modes of transportation (subway, train and bus) to get to the venue. I would hear people talking about...

Dear ECF friends, As a great year for cycling is coming to an end and I am very proud of the achievements of ECF and all our partners. This year, the cycling community made decisive steps forward – none of which would have been...

As the COP21 continued, ECF & WCA’s Transport Initiative Cycling Delivers on the Global Goals was presented by Secretary-General Bernhard Ensink at the booth of the next EU Presidency country: The Netherlands. The Dutch Minister for...

On 27 September, Ségolène Royal, the French Minister for the Environment, confirmed in a radio interview that a kilometric reimbursement scheme for employees cycling to work will be introduced in France.  Read the context article from September...

  Over the past few years the ECF has been running a series of webinars related to using EU Funds for cycling. The emphasis up until now has been to try and influence the documents that set out the funding priorities in each country / region for the...