Cycling is one of the priorities identified by the Polish government in its draft National Recovery and Resilience Plan that was published at the end of September. ECF welcomes this recognition and calls on other national authorities to follow the...

A coalition of organisations including ECF has written to EU Member States to raise serious concerns about the draft technical specifications for Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA), a mandatory new safety technology for new...

On 1st October, the next - and potentially final - trilogue meeting will take place between the European Parliament, European Commission and the Council of the European Union, to review the European Regulation on Rail Passengers’ Rights and...

The EU is consulting on its Sustainable Mobility Strategy and they want to hear from you. Citizens, cities, researchers, businesses, associations – all are invited to contribute to the consultation about the priorities of the new strategy. This...

Cycling is traditionally perceived as a local issue. However, higher-level legislation, in particular national regulations on signs and signals, can significantly affect how easy (or difficult) it is for local authorities to provide coherent, safe...

In celebration of the 40th Velo-city anniversary, we invite you to attend our webcast "Cycling as the new normal" on 17 September 2020. Join us in imagining what a future with cycling as the new normal could look like. Since Velo-city series...

September is here and Summer holidays are behind us. As every year, cyclists took over the roads to discover their countries or to travel abroad, many of them opting for the bicycle&train combination. But this summer was not a usual one, with...

Nine out of 10 citizens breath dirty air. Road transport remains a major source of air pollution that harms human health and the environment. To reduce the impact of mobility schemes on air quality, many European policy-makers are putting the...

By August 22, humans will have demanded as much from nature as Earth can renew in the whole year. This Earth Overshoot Day arrives more than three weeks later this year than in 2019. The great reduction of humanity’s ecological footprint is closely...

During the coronavirus crisis, local and national authorities are increasing efforts to promote cycling. But why? Let us list the common motivations behind the 2306 km of new cycle-friendly streets and more than 1 billion euro funding reported up...

The bicycle is playing an increasingly major role in the European recovery plans. The Italian region of Lombardy, one of the most relevant economic areas of Europe, has been the latest to announce a great budget to promote cycling: 115 million euros...

A new vision of urban life is emerging from the coronavirus crisis. Teleworking, the drop in air and noise pollution levels and the bicycle boom are encouraging Europeans to rethink their car-oriented cities. From Paris to Milan, an innovative idea...