To promote and facilitate longer distance commuting by bicycle, a lot of countries are building ‘cycle highways’. But in all of these countries different words in different languages are now used for the same but also for different...

Justina Bieliauskaite, an ECF Communications Intern, is not only a passionate cyclist, but also a strong supporter of and researcher in gender studies and women's rights. In light the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women...

  Martin Tušl, ECF Policy Intern, who has previously lived and worked in Colombia, shares his observations about cycling culture, infrastructure and even ... cycling-related song in this South American country! Colombia is one of the...

Over the next few months the blueprint for an EU Cycling Strategy will be developed. In a series of blogposts, stakeholders involved in this process share their thoughts and ideas in support of the strategy, sending a strong political sign for...

Should the EU embrace a target of doubling cycling over the next 10 years in Europe? And should therefore at least 10% of the EU transport funds be ring-fenced for cycling? Read more on the EU Cycling Strategy website.​These are just two out of a...

In the beginning of November, Bernhard ENSINK, ECF Secretary General, participated in COP 22 – the annual United Nations Climate Change Conference in Marrakesh, Morocco. These conferences serve as a meeting place for the signatories of the United...

On Tuesday 11th October 2016 the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) and the European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF) jointly organised a Cycle and Train Workshop at the CER’s offices in Brussels. The focus of the workshop...

Research reports show: 1. Air pollution does not negate the health benefits of cycling and walking unless you’re cycling more than 5 hours daily in some of the world’s worst polluted cities. 2. Even small increases in walking and cycling would have...

This October in Quito, Ecuador the Habitat III conference saw 30,000 participants attend – one of the largest UN conference to-date. The goal of the conference was to decide on the future of cities. ECF and WCA were on site, represented by Secretary...

ECF offers free webinars on two topics: i) EU Project Funding and ii) the HEAT (Health Economic Assessment Tool) and how it helps to promote cycling.  Learn from our experience and join the webinars free of charge below! ...

Smoove, member of the Cycling Industry Club, is the official bike share provider for COP22, in Marrakesh. This year they "installed a fleet of 1,500 bikes in Helsinki, as well as fleets in Vancouver, Canada, and in Shymkent and Almaty in Kazakhstan...

After the success of the first European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) call for cycle highways worth 21.7 million euro last year, Flanders announces that, together with European funding, they will invest another 12.5 million euro in a second ERDF...