The EU’s transport and environment ministers gathered yesterday for the first time together in an informal Council meeting in Amsterdam to discuss ‘smart’ and ‘green’ transport. While the Dutch EU Presidency also kicked-off the great ‘Cycling...

Brussels, April 14, 2016 Today sees the official kick-off of the ‘Cycling Festival Europe 2016’, organised by the Dutch EU Presidency. Activities will be organised across Europe by the Dutch Embassies together with local stakeholders from today on...

In the latest of our Leadership Programme Success stories, we catch up with Cyclist.ie. They have been very busy, running several successful campaigns, such as Love 30, Respect and Bike Theft. All the campaigns collaborated with relevant government...

Urban areas across Europe are suffering negative impacts like poor air quality, growing CO2 emissions, congestion, nuisance and safety issues. Cylelogistics can help cities tackle these problems, which is why we are glad to invite you to a...

The city of Helsinki recently released the Helsinki Bicycle Account 2015, a precious document assessing the evolution of cycling in the Finnish capital. The data reported depict a healthy and lively city, where cycling is on the rise as well as...

Last month, the French organisation ‘Départements et Régions Cyclables’ ran an info day for its members on the opportunities that can be found for cycling-related projects using European funding. The main goal of the info day was to demystify the...

LANDSSAMTÖK HJÓLREIÐAMANNA, the Icelandic Cyclists Federation, is (hopefully) growing! The current focus for LHM is to increase their country-wide coverage, whilst increasing the available competencies of the organisation at the same time. To do...

With an average of 12% bicycle use is Flanders (Belgium) part of the top regions in Europe for everyday cycling, after the Netherlands and Denmark (respectively 29% and 23% of all trips nationwide). In 2014, Flanders Cycling Embassy (Fietsberaad...

The Commission today released [1] the road safety figures for 2015. In 2015 26,000 were killed in road accidents in the EU compared to 25,700 the previous year. The Commission have also released a serious injury figure (based on MAIS 3+ or higher)...

ECF and WCA were present at the Habitat III European Regional Meeting in Prague, March 16-18. The conference, co-organized by the Ministry of Regional Development of the Czech Republic and the United Nations, was a packed three days for the ECF/WCA...

Across the entire EU, eBikes are saving money, time, and CO2 emissions for cities and companies. They are also increasing efficiency, productivity – and in some cases, even providing new jobs. If more organisations were to notice the great...

While cycling has been booming in Copenhagen over the past 20 years, cycling levels at national level in 2010 were well below 1990. In order to reverse that negative trend, a Bicycle Fund 2009 – 2014 was put in place by the national government and...