On Monday 11th June, one day before the opening of Velo-city 2018, around 20 members of the Cities & Regions for Cyclists network convened in Rio from all over Europe (and the world) for a great bike ride and networking day. The Cities &...

Day two of Velo-city 2018 will begin with a stimulating discussion about “Technology”. In this plenary, global leaders in the field will present and discuss some of the emerging challenges for governance, for cities and for advocates as new...

Through Velo-city 2018 article series we will be taking a closer look into sessions coordinated by ECF partner organizations and institutions and learn more about their main theme and participating speakers. The article series on Partner Sessions...

Day three of Velo-city 2018 will begin with a stimulating discussion about “Intermodality”. In a nutshell, the main theme of the plenary will focus on the power of the bicycle in an intermodal metropolitan area. During the plenary, the contrast...

Velo-city kicks off with a stimulating discussion about “City for all”. In a nutshell, the main theme of the plenary will focus on accessible cities to all, arguing that sustainable urban development means inclusion of kids, elderly, disabled, women...

The #VisionaryCities Series is a collection of best practices and success stories from visionary local authority leaders contributing to making Cycling in Europe better, safer and more common. We are going to be inviting some of them to share...

The new Program Grid of Velo-city 2018 is now available online and constantly updating! You can now click on the different sessions to see their descriptions, format and participating speakers and choose in which one you prefer to...

Behavior change is an important topic on the upcoming Velo-City 2018 conference program in Rio! Under the sub-theme Learn to live, which looks at how we learn to live together through the lens of mobility, more than one session will be devoted to...

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...

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...

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...

  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...