The latest edition of the universally-recognised index for the quality of living has just been published. And, once again, we are pleased to see many bicycle-friendly cities on top of the list. Assessing the overall liveability of a city is not an...

The EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK is focusing this year on multimodality and the use of different modes for transport. Amongst these, biking stands out as one of the most sustainable mobility transports. As well as providing health benefits, significant...

The Partnership for Urban Mobility held last week a high-level political discussion on the draft Urban Mobility Action Plan in Karlsruhe, Germany [1]. This draft plan has been developed over the past year with ECF participation as part of the Urban...

The sixth edition of the Winter Cycling Congress, held this year February 8-11 in Moscow, was the largest-ever gathering devoted to year-round cycling. Organized by the Russian cycling advocacy group Let’s bike it! together with the Winter Cycling...

Here’s a quick round up of items cycling around in the ECF health arena. The EU seeks your input on how to make cities healthier places to live with more walking and cycling, how much of the EU budget should be spent on health, and your views on the...

More and more European cities have been implementing progressive civic projects in recent years to promote sustainable and efficient transportation in order to address issues of traffic congestion and air pollution. Cycling is slowly becoming...

A bicycle-friendly workplace is great for companies and their employees. Cycling can contribute to the success of a business or organisation and supporting employees getting to work by cycling is a worthwhile investment. Based on those findings and...

Led by the Sport and Citizenship think tank, TAFISA and ICSSPE, PACTE aims to sensitize municipalities, Europe-wide, on the crucial role they can play promoting Health-Enhancing Physical Activity. Being a partner in this project, ECF is involved to...

A study led by researchers from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) has found that expanding designated cycling networks in cities could provide considerable health and economic benefits, with a rate of return of up to 70 € for...

Toxic air pollutants, congested streets, adapting to climate change – these are some of the challenges that representatives from London, Brussels and Hamburg identified at the “Metropolises on the move – challenges and strategies for a lasting shift...

The European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) announce their partnership on SiMPlify, WBCSD’s Sustainable Urban Mobility project. ECF and WBCSD will engage cities in Europe to...

The growth of cycling in major cities in Europe and the Americas did not go unnoticed by the academic world. In particular the last five years from 2011 – 2016 have seen a remarkable increase in academic publications on cycling. This is the key...