A question that might come to mind: What has Europe to do with cycling? More than you might think. By 2050, the European Commission wishes to phase out the use of conventionally fueled cars.  ECF sees the niche for replacing cars by bicycles in the...

The EU cannot deliver its mandatory carbon reduction targets without a massive shift away from carbon producing vehicles. Shifting to sustainable means of transportation is within our reach through innovation and a major part of that innovation is...

The road safety statistics for the EU fell again this year by 8% according to Commissioner Kallas. As with previous years the number of pedestrians did not fall as much and the Commissioner said that cycling fatalities were actually on the increase...

MEPs voted last week in the TRAN Committee to start a process that could finally put us on a path to safer lorries for cyclists in urban areas. TRAN Committee MEPs managed to cut their Gordian knotty problem last week of how to deal with amending...

On March 24, 2014 two awards were given out to honor sustainable mobility in cities – the Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP) award and the European Mobility Week (EMW) award. The City of Ljubljana won the EMW award, with Rivas-VaciaMadrid...

Photo Credit: Diário de Lisboa Following the challenge launched by ECF member MUBi to encourage  Lisbon's city government to apply for the Velo City 2017 conference, the municipal mobility department (DMMT) has invited Timothy Papandreou to host...

Every week leading up to Velo-city Global Adelaide 2014, the leading global conference on cycling, we're going to get you acquainted with one of the fantastic conference speakers. This week: Cycle forward with Niels Hoé Niels Hoé has founded and...

The second phase of B-Track-B is about to begin with more cities, more original ideas and, of course, more cycling!  BiciLiberaTutti, the cycling campaign that gathered more than 1000 participants during 2013, starts again in Venice (Italy) The...

If you missed the first round of registrations for this year's AGM in Dublin, do not worry. There is still time! Due to increased demand, deadline has been extended until March 21st. Subscribe here! This year's ECF Annual General Meeting (AGM) will...

Free Vélib’ is the solution of Paris City Hall to fight against pollution. Photo credit: Daniel Stockman  In order to fight against heavy air pollution Paris City Hall decided to make the Parisian Vélib’ system free (or extremely cheap) for at...

The new governmental transport plan aims at promoting cycle. Photo credit: flickr philippe leroyer On Wednesday, March 5, 2014 the French Transport Minister Frédéric Cuvillier has made an especially positive announcement concerning cycling,...

Cycling Taipei: Riverside paths The Velo-city Global series of cycling conferences took a big step forward last Friday, 7th March 2014. As the countdown for Velo-city Global 2014 in Adelaide has began, ECF's managing team traveled to Taipei to...