This month we travel outside Europe, all the way to Australia, for our Member of the Month. That’s a 24 hour flight from Brussels, complete with some time travel (you'll lose a day). So grab your sunscreen and let’s go cycling down under! What you...

Photo: J. Freire   For the first time the Spanish government has launched subsidies to buy electric bicycles as a way to improve air quality. Spain is a country that has traditionally subsidised the purchase of cars. The important automotive...

Who said cycling and new technology are two different animals? They are not, and ECF' B-Track-B project has been out there to prove it for one year now. B-Track-B stands for “Bike the track, track the bike” and is a system that allows people in...

Cycling in Wales can be this beautiful - and the Welsh National Assembly now wants to make it even better. Photo (c) @bedsforcyclists/Twitter Will Wales become Europe’s next active travel boom region? Solid foundations have now been laid by the...

Velo-city in Vienna: the biggest, greenest cycling conference ever. Velo-city 2013 Vienna has been awarded an prestigious annual Austrian Event award as a green and sustainable event. The organizers did all they could to make the world's biggest...

A huge funding increase for the cyclists group SLF, and a high rate of E-car sales. ECF’s Benjamin McEldowney explains the Nordic secrets of success.  ECF’s Norwegian member association, SyklistenesLandsforening (SLF) brought us tidings of great...

From left to right: Adrien Lenoble (winner), Yves Van Stralen from La Maison du Vélo, Philippe Randaxhe  (winner), Philipp Cerny (winner), EUCG President Lewis Dijkstra, ECF Project Manager Randy Rzewnicki The “Bike to Shop Brussels” project...

Photo: Telebruxelles In 2012, Christmas tree supplier L’Arbre de Leon challenged their bicycle delivery company Dioxyde de Gambettes to bring trees from Libin to Bruxelles. One year later, on November 29 the first ever trans-Wallonian Christmas...

On the road to 2014: Manfred Neun handing over Velo-city to Adelaide - Photo (c) ECF It is my pleasure to speak to our growing community of ECF members, partners, supporters and colleagues and to wish you an enjoyable festive season and the best...

Best of the best: here are our highlights from 2013. As everyone is looking back at 2013, so are ECF's Policy Officers and staff. Taking in the stories they chose, one cannot deny it has been a big year for Cycling Advocacy. Read the highlights...

Pedelecs are innovative two-wheelers - and the EU might fund them. Photo (c) ECF On 10th December, the European Union launched Horizon 2020. Described as the biggest research and innovation programme in the world, it  has an eye-watering budget...

Members are the heart and soul of ECF. The work done on the ground, delivered by committed cycle enthusiasts around Europe, proves that there is substantial hope for a world where more people cycle more often. ECF has collected only some of the...