Picture from Lisbon Cycle Chic.   After the successful establishment of the new highway code in Portugal, B-Track-B will organize a symposium and demonstrate ‘How to use modern technology to get more people cycling’ at an international event in...

ISCA - International Sport and Culture Association has kick-started a movement to get 100 million more Europeans to take up regular physical activity by 2020. Around 250,000 Europeans are about to celebrate Europe’s biggest sport and physical...

Picture from visitstockholm.com. Photographer Henrik Trygg Stockholm has now joined Cities for Cyclists, the ECF’s network for the promotion of urban cycling. The Swedish Capital joins its three Scandinavian predecessors – Helsinki, Copenhagen...

The 2013 European Mobility Week has provided once again EU citizens with an excellent opportunity to look from multiple angles at the financial, health and time benefits arising from a switch to more sustainable methods of travel. The national...

At the head of the change. Andalusia's Vice Minister for Development José Antonio García Cebrián leading a group of fellow citizens through the streets of Seville.   José Antonio García Cebrián (Las Cabezas de San Juan, Sevilla, 1969) believes...

Members of Radlobby Österreich receive the VCÖ mobility award (Photo ©VCÖ/APA-Fotoservice/Hautzinger) ECF member Radlobby Österreich has won the prestigious national mobility award from Verkehrsclub Österreich (VCÖ) for its bike to work campaign...

Bikes and the Lisbon metro: a love affair (Photo © Bernardo Campos Pereira) On September 18, Portuguese cycling advocacy organization and ECF member FCPUB handed out its annual National Mobility Award. But this year’s ceremony had something...

Thanks to the efforts of FIAB, cycle modal share in Italy is increasing fast. Morning cyclists in Padua. (This feature is also available in Italian on the FIAB website). Evidence suggests that there’s a resurging bike culture in Italy. True,...

Only a month away from Mayor Ed Lee’s ‘innovation month’ , and only 3 years after the city of Ljubljana, Slovenia,the city of San Francisco has managed to implement a bike-sharing infrastructure.  The significance of the timing, and the eve of ‘...

Outspoken Delivery is presenting a workshop on Setting Up and Running a Cycle Based Delivery Business. In November 2011, ecf.com  told the story of Outspoken Delivery, the innovative Cambridge-based cycle courier company, which uses cargo...

The European Commission has launched an initiative that marks a big step forward on the way to get cycling recognized as a way to improve the physical well-being of Europeans. The Commission proposes to promote physical activity in Europe across...

Public-private partnerships can increase cyclist modal shares with no additional costs for cities. The introduction of a bike sharing scheme in Sopot, Poland, is a shining example of how it is possible to increase cyclist modal share with no...