ECF takes a look at the F11 cycle highway bridge over a TEN-T railway in Belgium as an example of EU funding being well spent. Costing just over than €2 million, the project received an €832,000 subsidy from the European Regional Development...

New global survey from Ipsos shows that people around the world generally have a positive attitude towards cycling, but most prefer to cycle where they feel it’s safe.

A round up of our most-read articles in 2021, including stories of successful advocacy, news from ECF Members, emerging trends in cycling and highlights from across the cycling world.

In 2011, Poland introduced road legislation changes in favour of cycling. The results demonstrated how such changes can make a big difference in a “less-cycling country,” while also exposing certain weaknesses of the Vienna Conventions on Road...

In only five years, the region of West Pomerania in Poland has created the backbone of an entire regional cycling network, with 800km of high-quality cycle routes – including 350km of new cycle tracks – already either opened or under construction.

The F3 cycle highway connects Leuven with Brussels, most of the time following service roads built as a part of a TEN-T railway upgrade. But several investments have been necessary to fix gaps resulting from missed opportunities. The most...

During the COVID-19 crisis, European policy makers have set their sights on the bicycle. Cycling has proven to be one of the safest and most efficient options for urban mobility. Some European city councils are inspiring other local authorities...

Cycling as a resilient and healthy mode of transport has received a lot of attention in media and politics during the last weeks. The first available data from several European countries clearly shows that citizens have recognised these benefits...

Road safety is a pressing issue in Europe, with over 25,000 deaths recorded on European Roads in 2019. Of these people an increasing proportion are cyclists, rising as a proportion of deaths from 6-8% from 2007 to 2018. What can be done? In this...

[photo credit: Carlos Martin Ruiz, Bikefriendly Group] A successful in-person meeting was held last week (3/10/19) at the ECF Office in Brussels, among members of the Cycle-Friendly Employer Consortium , who came together to discuss, share, and...

Sunday 22 September was the World Car-Free Day, a special recurrence meant to help citizens understand what their city could look and feel like, if cars were banned. Coming at the end of the European Mobility Week, it was the peak event of the...

The new Finnish centre-left government set its ambitions high when it took office in June 2019: by 2035, the Nordic country should achieve zero-carbon emissions, 15 years ahead of what the European Commission has proposed as an objective for the...