Cycling at the International Transport Forum Photo credit ITF The role of cycling in a changing and increasingly urbanized world The International Transport Forum brings together a great number of Ministers of Transport and policy makers in...

                            Steven Koster is owner of PUURland, an on-line shopping service for regional and biological products in the Arnhem region in the eastern part of The Netherlands. Steven: “In order to make it as easy as possible for my...

Every year, the International Transport Forum brings together a great number of Ministers of Transport and policy makers in the transport sector worldwide. ECF, the world’s largest cycling advocacy organization, was invited to join the conference...

                          The B-Track-B campaign is continuing to gain momentum with a number of inspiring projects taking place across Europe. B-Track-B uses tracking technology to incentivize citizens to get on their bikes. Personal `Bike...

The average cyclist would find it painful to do over 100 kilometers daily for four subsequent days.  Not so for the  twelve recumbent cyclists who did the Speckweg 2014 Tour and enjoyed every single kilometer. The tour started in Sainte-Croix and...

A few years ago, for the first time, Spain sold more bicycles than cars, joining in with the rest of Europe where this trend has already been consolidated. And now a study by AMBE, the Spanish Brands and Bicycles Association, shows that in 2013 more...

Andrzey Felczak (Austria –Radlobby), Klaus Bondam (Denmark, Danish Cyclists’ Federation) and Burkhard Stork (Germany, ADFC) have provided us with a few tips and tricks for effective political campaigning. There are a few do’s and don’ts that ought...

ECF in the news - Screenshot from Reuters news website Reuters website reported today on the Bike2Work scheme that ECF is coordinating. As its name suggests, the scheme is geared at encouraging commuters to use their bicycles in their daily...

Citizens of the municipality of Oeiras, the most car-dependent place in Portugal, have voted strongly in favour of the 'Ciclovia na Marginal’ proposal to convert a second car lane into a coastal bicycle lane. An article published by ECF in April...

The final day of the conference in Adelaide has come to a close, and we can safely say this year's edition can be hailed a great success. The wealth and variety of topics addressed, the stunning setting at the conference centre, the great side...

After a third colorfull day @Velo-city, it is time to prepare for the official sessions in the classy Town Hall on Friday. Whether you were there or not, you can get a bite of advocacy and policy discussions through the fantastic summaries below....

We're into day two of the conference here in Adelaide and crikey, it's turning out to be a scorcher of a conference. Although we can't say the same about the autumnal weather! Back indoors, there have been so many interesting presentations and...