The principle design of the bicycle hasn’t changed in a while and all it needs to cycle is a fair part of the road space. Should that remain the same? Between 2007 – 2013, the EU spent about € 5 bn on transport research and innovation. This autumn...

Is it Cargo Bicycle O'Clock? ECF believes current urban conditions are perfect for moving more goods by cycle. Last month, we crunched some numbers and case studies for Eltis, Europe's leading urban mobility portal.  Here's what we came up with...

A new report from the European Environment Agency should set the alarm bells ringing. Europe’s transport regime is killing its citizens. ECF’s Environment Policy Officer explains how cycling can reverse this trend. You’d be surprised just how...

Ireland’s Advertising Standard’s Authority (ASAI) has ruled an advert showing a family cycling ‘advocated unsafe behaviour’. Their crime? Cycling without helmets. The advertisement by Unilever for ‘Flora’, entitled: "A guide to getting your family...

A new international report urges policy makers to implement 30 km/h zones among other measures. The world’s leading think tank on transport policy, the International Transport Forum (ITF), is recommending cities to establish traffic calming...

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 talking nonsense”.  These days, cycling is seen as a serious transport solution. Fresh...

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 people with cancer-related fatigue who did or didn't go through an exercise program. While...

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 make a major contribution towards the completion of the remaining sections of the network...

European Transport Commissioner Siim Kallas Credit: Mercator Media Bike to work schemes are popping up all across Europe. Now the European Commission is also getting on board.  In Europe, bike to work schemes are spreading rapidly.  In cycling...

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 Cycle Logistics Project. Businesses can deliver goods in Brussels  for free starting this...

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' has just turned 25 years old and has many reasons to celebrate: cycling has increased...

Protected bicycle lanes in Vancouver Credit: Richard Campbell If you need more evidence that infrastructure saves lives, then look no further. New research from the American Journal of Public Health shows that dedicated bike lanes can cut...