Malta is one of the European countries with the poorest cycling records, both when it comes to infrastructure, the share of cycling in the modal split and in respect to cycling’s safety record. At 315,000 vehicles to a population of just 440,000 it...

photo: ITF How to get ministers to talk about cycling? Read our report of the International Transport Forum 2013. Even ECF, the world’s largest cycling advocacy organization, does not get an opportunity to directly talk to national transport...

At the International Transport Forum’s annual summit this week, German transport minister Peter Ramsauer said we need to find additional sources in order to finance the future of transport, as public budgets are being cut in many places. Investing...

For many years until 2007, less and less Danes were cycling. The downward trend ended up alerting the Danish government. They decided to invest 133 million Euros in the ‘Bicycle fund 2009-2014’ in order to help local governments to improve...

The German automotive industry is one of the largest industrial sectors in Germany and employs 730,000 people, according to its association VDA. Yet a shift to sustainable transport would grow the economy and create much more new jobs than lost in...

No other city is more congested than Brussels, in no other European country do people waste more hours in congestion than in Belgium. The OECD recommends congestion charges. Meanwhile “PicNic the Streets” takes a second breath in 2013. To many...

Researchers involved with cycling say it is not a dangerous activity. But many people are still afraid to take their bike. One of the main reasons are misleading statistics. So how are accidents on bicycles being recorded? And how do they compare...

Speed and road safety remain hot topics in Europe as experts gathered in Brussels for the 5th European Road Safety Day this week. On top of the agenda: Pedestrian safety and the European Citizen’s Initiative for a 30 km/h speed limit in urban...

Cycling in Vitoria Gasteiz - photo credit Eltis More and more people are opposing the mandatory helmet threat in Spain. But not yet succesfully. Pedro Delgado, winner of the 1988 Tour de France and Spanish professional cycling spokesman, suddenly...

photo credit Kevin Mayne Co-organised by ECFmember Cykelframjandet, the Stockholm Dutch Embassy hoisted last week a day seminar on ‘Building a cycling region’. ECF Policy Officer Fabian Küster spoke on cycling highways and ‘NGO – public...

ECF has been supporting and will continue to promote the 30 km/h citizens’ initiative.  The initiative seeks to force the European Commission to looking into the possibility of making 30 km/h the default speed in urban areas. The European Citizen...

Last week we presented our latest position paper on Bike & Trains to the major European railway companies.  The paper brings together best practices from around Europe and aims to highlight the 7 basic services that all cycle tourists appreciate...