On April 30th, the FLOW H2020 project came to an end. Thanks to the collaboration with some of the most experienced organisations in the world, FLOW allowed us to work on the development of a new tool to demonstrate that measures that promote...

Road safety at TRA2018, the EU flagship conference on transport research With over 3300 participants and hundreds of presentations, and hundreds more posters, the 2018 Transport Research Arena (TRA) held in Vienna was the largest conference we have...

Telling success stories of cities reducing congestion by walking and cycling at TRA2018  ECF brought FLOW to TRA2018, telling success stories that show how cities are using walking and cycling to reduce congestion. “From Munich to Dublin...

Transporte Ativo (TA), the local Velo-city Programme Team in Rio de Janeiro, has sought financial support from Banco Itaú to enable organizations from developing countries (listed by the World Bank) to participate in Velo-city 2018 in Rio de...

Northern Ireland is piloting a new cycle-friendly accreditation scheme for employers which was launched last week (Thursday 19 April) in Belfast. A number of major employers in Belfast have already signed up to the European Cycle-Friendly Employer...

235 million. The number of inactive Europeans today. Inactivity has become a major challenge for individuals, and the European Union, over the past decades. We know cities have a decisive role in stimulating physical activity, for instance via...

We are thrilled to announce that the United Nations has declared June 3rd as International World Bicycle Day, by adopting a resolution on April 12th 2018, during the 72nd Regular Session of the UN General Assembly, in New York City. The resolution...

Quietways are a new concept in London, complementary to cycle superhighways. While superhighways often follow the main roads with separated cycle paths to provide the fastest and most direct route, quietways lead through residential streets, making...

  Stop prioritising the car to tackle childhood obesity, governments and planners urged  UK governments need stop prioritising the car if they are serious about tackling childhood obesity, insist clinicians and transport experts*. The...

  Vehicle technologies and the rules for their use are becoming more and more complex and more newsworthy almost daily.  We have documented many of them over the past two years[1] and we can see many recent stories The case of an...

​The Velo–city Conference Series aims to be a perfect platform for sharing experiences with policy makers, mobility and urban planners, tourism specialists, new smart cities technology gurus and intermodality experts. A perfect setting to tackle how...

In the framework of the final conference of the FLOW and TRACE final conference, ECF organised an inspiring workshop for its Scientists for Cycling network. Besides connecting to the main theme of the conference, congestion relief through cycling...