We are eagerly awaiting the results of our recent studies into the potential for cycling to create Green Jobs and to look at favourable tax regimes for cycling, both of which have had considerable support from the cycling industry. Now we have...

Autumn started with good news: Five companies including SHIMANO became members of the Cycling Industry Club (CIC) and sent a strong message in favor of cycling advocacy. ECF has a waiting list of opportunities so this welcome news meant we could...

Last month ECF was in Venice co-hosting a Network Meeting with ManagEnergy and Eurocities on supporting cycling for liveable cities. The networking event set out arguments, strategies and tools for elected representatives and technical staff from...

Cycling promotion played a big part in this year’s MOVE Week. In Estonia and Latvia, two border towns came together to organise the cross-border Livonia Sports Fair & Bike Parade and to launch an ‘every man’s bicycle garage’. In Estonia, where...

Last week's two-day workshop “Local policies, science and advocacy for cycling" was a true success story! Cycling advocates, city officials and researchers came together in Copenhagen to strengthen collaboration on cycling. The role of scientific...

(from L to R) ECF CycleLogistics project manager Randy Rzewnicki congratulates GRACQ member Eloise Dhuy on winning the Andersen shopping trailer which was sponsored by Yves Van Straelen’s Maison du Velo in Schaarbeek (Brussels), Belgium. You...

A first-hand account of a visit to Nantes by Chloé Mispelon (ECF Communications Officer) as part of the preparations for next year's Velo-city conference. Last week, I had the chance to visit the city of Nantes as part of the preparations for the...

Cyclists & Cycling Around the World is an inspiring literary contribution to the development of cycle-friendly cities throughout the whole world.  This book is the result of international collaboration between the three editors Mike Hughes,...

On Friday 19 September 2014 – during Mobility Week – the first Ixelles-Francorchamps Grand Prix took place. Formula 1 racing cars, drivers, mechanics... the road was paved for all motor vehicles on that day. And, by extension, barred to any...

On October 23, the EU Council adopted the new 2030 targets. The 40% cut in Greenhouse Gas emissions will not be achieved if transport does not contribute its fair share. ECF explains what this has to do with cycling. transport is the biggest single...

  B-Track-B’s pilot phase in Münster has recently come to an end. Now is the time to reflect on the achievements of this ECF project that aims to get people cycling more often thanks to technology that rewards people who cycle. Of the 8 pilot cities...

On Wednesday October 22, the European Parliament approved the Juncker team as the new European Commission for the next five years. Among them is Violeta Bulc from Slovenia as the new Transport Commissioner. During her parliamentary hearing, she...