The importance of National Cycling Strategies: Italy implements new General Plan of Cycling Mobility
Persistent efforts and coordination by ECF Member FIAB pay off with the adoption of a cycling plan at the national level. As outlined in our previous report, cohesive government strategy is a vital catalyst to developing more cycling effectively.
A new Memorandum of Understanding signed between ECF and the World Tourism Organization shows the growing importance of cycling tourism as a safe, healthy and environmentally sustainable form of tourism, linked to over 500,000 jobs in the EU.
In only five years, the region of West Pomerania in Poland has created the backbone of an entire regional cycling network, with 800km of high-quality cycle routes – including 350km of new cycle tracks – already either opened or under construction.
Earlier this year, ECF welcomed a delegation from Turkey keen to find out more about developing national strategies and cycle route networks. With the major extension to EuroVelo 8 – Mediterranean Route to Izmir recently approved it seems that...
Thursday’s session on cycle tourism showcased experiences from around the globe. The first presentation by Anna Gurnhill, Global Operations Manager at CycleLife HQ, gave an overview of the company’s research on global cycle tourism destinations...
It is possible to get more people to use long-distance and international rail services and thereby help to reduce Green House Gas (GHG) emissions in EU – and it only takes seven simple steps. Today, on the 13th March 2017, European Cycling...
On 25th of November 5th Riga Cycling conference was held in Riga, Latvia. The topic of the conference was Cycling tourism, gathering together the experts from Latvia, Estonia, Denmark and the Netherlands to share the best practices of cycling...
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