Northern Ireland is piloting a new cycle-friendly accreditation scheme for employers which was launched last week (Thursday 19 April) in Belfast. A number of major employers in Belfast have already signed up to the European Cycle-Friendly Employer...

235 million. The number of inactive Europeans today. Inactivity has become a major challenge for individuals, and the European Union, over the past decades. We know cities have a decisive role in stimulating physical activity, for instance via...

We are thrilled to announce that the United Nations has declared June 3rd as International World Bicycle Day, by adopting a resolution on April 12th 2018, during the 72nd Regular Session of the UN General Assembly, in New York City. The resolution...

Quietways are a new concept in London, complementary to cycle superhighways. While superhighways often follow the main roads with separated cycle paths to provide the fastest and most direct route, quietways lead through residential streets, making...

  Stop prioritising the car to tackle childhood obesity, governments and planners urged  UK governments need stop prioritising the car if they are serious about tackling childhood obesity, insist clinicians and transport experts*. The...

  Vehicle technologies and the rules for their use are becoming more and more complex and more newsworthy almost daily.  We have documented many of them over the past two years[1] and we can see many recent stories The case of an...

​The Velo–city Conference Series aims to be a perfect platform for sharing experiences with policy makers, mobility and urban planners, tourism specialists, new smart cities technology gurus and intermodality experts. A perfect setting to tackle how...

In the framework of the final conference of the FLOW and TRACE final conference, ECF organised an inspiring workshop for its Scientists for Cycling network. Besides connecting to the main theme of the conference, congestion relief through cycling...

We launch a brand new article series on Partner Sessions at Velo-city 2018! Through this article series we will be taking a closer look into sessions coordinated by ECF partner organizations and institutions, and discuss with the main speakers on...

ECF Infrastructure Officer Aleksander Buczyński presented expectations of cyclists and the concept of cycle highways to representatives of road administrations and road industry sector on the international Pavement Preservation and Recycling Summit...

“Cities & Regions for Cyclists” is a global network of cities working to promote bicycle use in urban areas. Today we warmly welcome new cities that have recently joined the network: Valencia (ES), Poznan (PL), Gipuzkoa (Region of San...

ECF has identified an interesting open call for its members working on innovative urban mobility projects within the Climate KIC Programme 2018. Their third call for proposals has opened on 28 March 2018. This particular call has identified the...