The epidemic of physical inactivity was the main topic of discussion at the Sport intergroup conference in the European Parliament (EP) last week. Its €80 billion cost, first raised by Marisa Fernandez Esteban of the EU Sport Unit was repeated over...

There is a huge opportunity to promote a greater culture of walking and cycling. We reported in July about a brilliant initiative by Healthy Stadia, World Heart Federation and UEFA to develop and pilot an app promoting walking and cycling to host...

200 years ago, in 1817, Karl von Drais built the first “running machine”, the predecessor of the modern bicycle, in the city of Mannheim (Germany). To celebrate his invention and to highlight its role for today’s mobility system, the German Federal...

The European Mobility Week in Italy ended last Friday (22nd of September) with the fourth edition of the Bike2Work Day, in which Italian Minster of Transport, Mr. Graziano Del Rio, participated along with Fiab President, Mrs. Giulietta Pagliaccio....

As part of our work to help cycling and the bike industry into the world of smart, connected and shared mobility we are working with visionaries and leaders who are setting the tone in this new mobility. We are going to be inviting some of them to...

On Friday, officials gathered at Schuman Roundabout and held the launch of the European Mobility Week. Pascal Smet, the minister of mobility of the Brussels Region was there, along with Matej Zakonjsek, head of Cabinet (EC Commissioner for Transport...

ECF welcomes the European Commission initiative to improve the EU regulatory framework for road infrastructure safety management, especially actions targeted to protect cyclists and pedestrians. During the public consultation, ECF proposed several...

The F3 cycle highway from Leuven to Brussels follows the high-speed train line connecting Belgium with Germany, but as for today, in a few places cyclists have to make a detour. CHIPS project partner Province Flemish Brabant (Vlaams-Brabant)...

During yesterday afternoon's Advocacy Summit, ECF showcased how industry funding has been utilised to contribute to its advocacy work. From the first industrial chapter for an EU Cycling Strategy, to the launching of PEBSS (Platform...

A comprehensive series of events and webinars at Eurobike offered companies the chance to meet one of the EU’s senior experts in the field, Oliver Kozak, and network with other companies who are leading innovation and growth in cycling.  A...

ECF’s largest member and partner in our Eurobike program is ADFC, the German national cyclists’ association who have used the occasion to show the high impact of their campaign for the German Federal elections which are happening in September. „...

The Connected Cyclist Conference was an utmost success. Not only because over a hundred digital mobility experts and top bike manufacturers participated, worked together, exchanged knowledge and business cards; also because the first steps were...