The latest ECF report on the Cycling Economy puts the health value at €96.55 billion per year as calculated by the WHO’s Health Economic Assessment tool (HEAT) . Adding morbidity, mental health, children and work absenteeism brings the number up to...

Great success for Finnish bicycle advocacy, backed up by the Leadership Programme: Finland’s new Energy and Climate Strategy includes an official national goal to increase the numbers of trips made by bicycle or foot to 30% by the year 2030....

Every year, cycling in 28 EU Member States (MSs) creates economic benefits of 513 billion €, that is more than 1000€ per inhabitant! These findings were calculated in a new ‘EU Cycling Economy’ report by the European Cyclists’ Federation...

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...

On 25th of November 5th Riga Cycling conference was held in Riga, Latvia. The topic of the conference was Cycling tourism, gathering together the experts from Latvia, Estonia, Denmark and the Netherlands to share the best practices of cycling...

After the successful edition in Taipei in February, more than 120 academics from 11 countries all over the world came to Aveiro in Portugal from 17 to 18 November to discuss the newest developments in cycling research. During two days, the...

Bernardo Campos Pereira - a Portuguese architect and bicycle mobility planning and policy expert. Mr. Pereira in this blog post shares the best practice examples from Portugal, demonstrating the increasing popularity of cycling in this country...

More than 20 experts from different organisations involved in the EU Cycling Strategy Campaign gathered for the 1st time on 25 November in order to develop a blueprint document for a future EU Cycling Strategy. This Expert Group meeting was the...

Cycling events are attracting more and more attention in Asia! After the success of Velo-city 2016 in Taipei, on the 20th of November, the Green Bike-Transit hosted another great event in Shenzhen. It was the Second China Cycling Conference which...

To promote and facilitate longer distance commuting by bicycle, a lot of countries are building ‘cycle highways’. But in all of these countries different words in different languages are now used for the same but also for different...

Justina Bieliauskaite, an ECF Communications Intern, is not only a passionate cyclist, but also a strong supporter of and researcher in gender studies and women's rights. In light the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women...

  Martin Tušl, ECF Policy Intern, who has previously lived and worked in Colombia, shares his observations about cycling culture, infrastructure and even ... cycling-related song in this South American country! Colombia is one of the...