ECF's Development Director Kevin Mayne (second from the right) at Transport Day 2013. Photo: www.iisd.ca ECF Development Director Kevin Mayne reflects on the COP 19 Climate Summit in Warsaw and cycling’s role on the global stage.  Over the past...

Bike theft in Italy costs every year EUR 150m in missed revenues, according to the national bike manufacturers association (Photo by adriaanverstijnen/Flickr) Last year in Italy the number of stolen bikes reached 320,000 and the fear of having...

Get Europe cycling: Connie Hedegaard, EU Commissioner for Climate Action, on a bike. Photo (c) European Commission Last week the European Parliament voted in favour of the EU's Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) - the EU budget, in fact -...

Making streets greener, safer and less congested: a cargo bike. Photo (c) ECF While some Londoners are discussing banning lorries during peak hours, others are taking matters into their own hands. Gnewt Cargo, a last-mile delivery company using...

Following the ECF’s long-running campaign, which included sending letters to every MEP last week, we are pleased to announce that the TEN-T guidelines were approved by a large majority at this week’s Plenary session in Strasbourg meaning that...

Ádám Bodor, Director of EuroVelo, Cycling Tourism & Regional Policy at ECF, together with representatives of Hungarian cycling NGOs in Budapest last week. Over the summer months the ECF has been working with its member groups to develop...

Amendments to the guidelines for the development of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) will be voted on at next week’s plenary session. ECF and EuroVelo delivered 755 letters to the EU Parliament in a concerted effort to garner support for...

Photo by Flickr / Tulenheimo The European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) for 30km/h streets in cities and villages is coming to a close on November 13, 2013. It has garnered 44 000 signatures – not enough to pass the ECI but nevertheless sending a...

Cyclists without borders: Nadace Partnerství from the Czech Republic. Photo (c) Jitka Vrtalova In November, it's the Czech's turn in our Member of the Month series. Read on to learn about Nadace Partnerství's quest to get more Czech people...

Transport Day at this year’s UN climate conference COP19 in Warsaw, supported by ECF and organized by our partners SLoCaT, hopes to show the world's policy makers how important the transport sector is for climate change. A message to be underlined...

A recent report by the Commission looks at the possible effects of rolling out speed limiters or Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA) on all commercial vehicles. An ISA system would be able to limit the speed taking into account the differing speed...

Improving cycling in Italy - one piazza at a time. Photo by imagina / flickr The proposal for a revised Highway Code in favor of cyclists in Italy is an example of the results that joint advocacy efforts can lead to. Here’s the story of how ECF...