The #CyclingAdvocates Series is a collection of best practices and success stories from visionary cycling activists and leaders contributing to making Cycling in Europe better, safer and more common. We are going to be inviting some of them to...

The ECF brings attention to the concrete benefits of cycling at the PEP Relay race workshop held in Rimini, Italy. On Friday, November 9th, 2018, the Secretary General of the ECF, Dr. Bernhard Ensink, attended the PEP Relay Race workshop, where he...

The #VisionaryCities Series is a collection of best practices and success stories from visionary local authority leaders contributing to making Cycling in Europe better, safer and more common. We are going to be inviting some of them to share...

Bicycles are the indicator species of a community, like shellfish in a bay. - P. Martin Scott From the Rio Declaration in 1992 to the Paris Agreement in 2015, there is a global acknowledgement that nations and city regions must act to reduce...

On 10 October 2018, the two-day Cycle Highway Academy took place in Leuven. Some 50 bicycle experts from all over Europe came to Leuven to discover the F3 cycle highway between Leuven and Brussels and experienced the Flemish Brabant cycle highway...

During this year's Bike + Business Congress, the 9th Bike and Business Award was presented by the Hessian Minister of Transport Tarek Al-Wazir. Thus, the event follows on from previous successes and honors the most bicycle-friendly companies in...

Author: Christopher K. Manzira, Chartered Engineer, Dublin City CouncilThe Sutton to Sandycove (S2S) is one of Dublin City Council and the National Transport Authority’s flagship cycling projects. A 2km section of cycleway along the South Bull...

Between 2008 and 2016 the number of cars driving across Dronning Louises Bro in Copenhagen dropped by nearly 60%. But the total number of people using the bridge increased by 16000 per day, thanks to higher numbers of cyclists. Additionally,...

The ECF is happy to congratulate the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, and Christophe Najdovski, deputy mayor of Paris and President of the European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF), on a momentous win for cyclists in the glittering city of Paris! On October...

The public health crisis Radical changes to mobility habits over the last 100 years in Europe has led to an increasingly widespread adoption of a sedentary lifestyle. Despite the fact that the length of our journeys are generally longer, less are...

On Wednesday, 24 October, the Government of Navarre has joined to ECF’s network Cities & Regions for Cyclists, confirming its interest in promoting cycling infrastructure, bicycle tourism, and the sustainable development of rural areas. The...

At their joint informal meeting today, the Transport and Environment Ministers of the EU have announced the Graz Declaration on “Starting a new era: clean, safe and affordable mobility for Europe” with a clear commitment to modal shift towards...