The City Council of Bordeaux expressed its strong support for the new Cycling plan 2017-2020. The plan which foresees cycling related spending of 70 million € was adopted almost unanimously. These investments are expected to raise a modal share of...

A new law amendment in Slovakia makes possible from 1st January 2017 to ride a bicycle with a blood alcohol concentration up to 0.5 per thousand, i.e. 0.24 mg/l if one takes a breath test, while there was zero tolerance before. However, it is...

The European Commission makes direct financial contributions in the form of grants in support of projects or organisations which further the interests of the EU or contribute to the implementation of an EU programme or policy. Interested parties can...

The European Commission (EC) has released its long awaited report on safety testing procedures for all new motor vehicles. These are new regulations that could have huge repercussions for road safety across the EU. The report provides a list of 19...

Thanks to the continuous work of FIAB, ECF member, Italy breaks one milestone after another in putting cycling high on the political agenda. After the proposal of a speed limit of 30 kph in urban areas, the Italian Parliament voted for the...

During the second week of January, ECF President Manfred Neun was invited to present current Scientist for Cycling (S4C) activities at the Bicycling Committee Meeting of American Transport Research Board (TRB). TRB is a division of the US National...

The first bicycle parade of the year in Moscow organized by Let's bike it and the Transport Department of Moscow, was held despite the freezing temperature of -28C. Over 500 participants were not intimidated by the weather and...

Most people are probably more interested in models on bicycles than in modelling cyclists. Nevertheless, modelling cyclists is a challenging issue in the FLOW project. How to predict bicycle traffic after implementing a traffic measure? How can you...

In the first week of December the CHIPS partners met in the surprisingly sunny city of Belfast to discuss the results of CHIPS survey and to design the behavioral change campaigns to attract more users on the cycle highways. The survey which was...

As part of our work to help cycling and the bike industry into the world of smart, connected and shared mobility we are working with visionaries and leaders who are setting the tone in this new mobility. We are going to be inviting some of them...

Our members are the foundation of ECF. They carry the message of cycling on the ground and they help nations move into an environmentally-friendly, competitive and sustainable future. ECF proudly presents a small selection of ...

In 2016, the cycling community grew stronger and delivered more convincing arguments to push cycling further up policy agendas all over the world. It also did much more. In challenging times, cyclists everywhere set an example for a better, more...