The Road Infrastructure Safety Management (RISM) directive (2008/96/EC) defines procedures that were supposed to ensure safety of the trans-European road infrastructure (TEN-T) but were focused nearly exclusive on the safety of car-occupants. The...

As the festive period approaches what better way to celebrate than to reflect on all of the results that ECF’s advocacy work has brought this year. We have been pushing hard on the great glass doors of the Parliament, Commission and Council and are...

2018 has been one of the best years yet for ECF’s advocacy team; heading into 2019 we really feel like there has been a sea change in thinking on transport policy, as the benchmark for how we measure a successful transportation system has shifted....

An exciting year for ECF’s members full of advocacy successes, cycling events, and new initiatives is drawing to an end. Here is a look at the highlights of the past six months as well as an overview of the events and projects our members can...

ECF has signed a Joint Statement along with the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF), the European Federation of Road Traffic Victims (FEVR) and the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) to raise concerns with what may be untested and a...

“Achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 through a socially-fair transition in a cost-efficient manner” – This is the key sentence in the European Long-Term Climate Strategy that the European Commission published today in Brussels [1]....

ECF at the MOVING People - MOVING Europe Conference “Strong leadership is needed to make advocacy successful” Dr. Bernhard Ensink, Secretary General of the ECF, stressed to participants from across Europe and the Middle East at the...

For over twenty years the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) has been a cornerstone of EU transport policy. It should come as no surprise therefore that ECF has been pushing hard to get the tectonic plates of European policy moving on this...

The European Commission has been working on proposals to update its 10 year old regulations on Road Infrastructure Safety Management (RISM) and ECF has been pushing hard to make sure cyclists get a look in. Next week the TRAN Committee of the...

Leading cycling industry companies founded the new association ‘Cycling Industries Europe’ (CIE) out of ECF’s Cycling Industry Club. This new association will bring together companies, cycle and accessory suppliers with bike share operators, cycle...

Decarbonising the European economy is among the biggest challenges of our time, and all main-stream political parties in the EU agree with the overall principle and direction. However, the devil is in the detail: Should the EU stick to its...

The Future Cycling conference kicked off the second half of its programme with a presentation from Pascal Smet, Minister of the Brussels-Capital Region, responsible for Mobility and Public Works. Our thanks to the Brussels Capital Region for...