Over half of European Union Member States are neglecting cycling in their post-pandemic recovery plans, missing out on billions of euros in economic and health benefits.
Following intensive advocacy by French ECF member FUB, lawmakers have approved a new measure which would provide owners of old, polluting cars with a grant of up to €2,500 for the purchase of electric bicycles when scrapping their vehicle.
In 2020, Italy introduced new innovative methods for reorganising street space as part of its COVID-19 recovery strategy. Two specialised decrees reformed road laws to include five new methods for dedicating road space to cyclists.
The Romanian government has earmarked more than €120 million for EuroVelo and cycling infrastructure in its COVID-19 Recovery Plan following the advocacy of the Romanian Cyclists’ Federation. This success story shows the concrete results that a...
Ireland has doubled down on its commitment to more cycling, dedicating €240 million towards cycling and walking infrastructure in 2021. The announcement follows well-coordinated advocacy and lobbying strategies executed by ECF Member, Cyclist....
More than any technology or political decision of the last few decades, COVID-19 has disrupted business as usual. It surprised all of us and imposed itself on our full agendas, on our stubbornness to refuse home working, on our (business) trips, on...
#TrainsForCyclists campaign: Dedicated spaces for bicycles assured on all trains in the EU Over the past 3 years, ECF intensively advocated to strengthen the existing Rail Passengers’ Rights & Obligations Regulation, which previously did not...
The European Commission has published the Inception Impact Assessment for revision of the Union Guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network (TEN-T). The paper describes the Commission's plans, including problem definition...
Last year, the EU, published a new set of excellent vehicle safety standards for the European Union, due to come into force from 2022, including Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA), a full step above mere speed limit information. An ISA should ‘...
Today European leaders from across the continent called on EU and national authorities to invest in the cycling revolution. The European Cyclists' Federation and Cycling Industries Europe released a guidebook to help cities access the Recovery...
Since the Velo-city 2020 Ljubljana Preliminary Programme was launched in December 2019, the world has changed. The coronavirus pandemic has hit our lives, our economies and forced us to question the way we live. As we now share the new version...
Author: Maya WatsonOn March 26, in the midst of the COVID19 crisis, the United Kingdom’s Department for Transport (DfT) released a key document, “Decarbonising Transport: Setting the Challenge”,...
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