The Smart City community is looking forward to give its contribution to solve one of the most complex and pressing issues in today’s urban areas: the ever more intense tension between the population’s demand for more mobility and the limits of the...

After a disappointing proposal by the European Commission on new CO2 emission 2030 targets for cars, a shift to active modes and public transport, more than ever, has to be part of the solution if the EU wants to honour its climate obligations....

NICE, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, through its most recent publication for guidance on ‘Air Pollution: Outdoor Air Quality and Health’ [1], strongly supports urban speed reduction for better air quality. Speed limits of...

As part of our work to help cycling and the bike industry into the world of smart, connected and shared mobility we are working with visionaries and leaders who are setting the tone in this new mobility. We are going to be inviting some of them...

Norway’s transport strategy aims to a 50% reduction in emissions by 2030. To do so, they want to become a top cycling country. Looking at the remarkable cycling modal shares of their Scandinavian neighbors (Denmark 17%, Sweden 12%), they must have...

After long negotiations, the European Union has finally decided on an update of the National Emission Ceilings Directive (NEC Directive) to improve air quality in Europe. The NEC Directive sets new limits on air pollution from transport,...

Russia and several CIS countries held an International Congress on Cycling. The event gathered delegates from the greatest cycling countries, to share their expertise and best practices. More than 30 organisations participated, including ECF's...

With over 100 billion EUR, congestion costs European cities over 1% of the EU GDP per year. Looking for a solution, ECF studied the implementation of congestion charges in 4 cities over many years: Milan, London, Gothenburg and Stockholm. The new...

Air pollution is one of Europe’s biggest ‘invisible killers’, causing 403.000 premature deaths in 2012 alone. As well as the terrible suffering that air quality related illnesses cause, there are also tangible economic losses as well: The health-...

Yesterday’s (3rd February) decision by the European Parliament on Real Driving Emissions leaves cities and it’s people suffering from dirty air in the cold. The de-facto increase of the NOx pollution levels by a conformity factor of 2.1 until...

It is almost summer, time when the European Institutions' activities are not as intense as the rest of the year. But before going off on holidays, Members of the European Parliament's Environment, Public Health & Food Safety Committee have an...

In the past month the UK Supreme Court ordered the British government to submit a new air quality plan to the European Commission by the end of this year. Air pollution is a hot issue in the country, there have been several experiments to improve...