In this article, we take a look at one of the most commonly experienced road safety issues for cyclists. We give a brief overview of what countries are doing to prevent close passes and what more needs to be...
ECF launches new ECF Awards, proudly sponsored by Arup, Eco-Counter, Geveko Markings and JobRad. The awards aim to promote the best practices in cycling in recent years, highlighting key successes across four different categories.
Last newsletter we introduced the Safer Cycling Advocate Programme: The Best Practice Guide. This week we run through some of the infrastructure elements of the document to see how the Danes and Dutch go about cycling infrastructure development....
Road safety is a pressing issue in Europe, with over 25,000 deaths recorded on European Roads in 2019. Of these people an increasing proportion are cyclists, rising as a proportion of deaths from 6-8% from 2007 to 2018. What can be done? In this...
This article was written by Arjen Klinkenberg, Project Officer at Fietsersbond (the Dutch Cyclists’ Union). At the end of August this year, Fietsersbond was happy to welcome a selection of Dutch experts on cycling safety for a workshop at our office...
By the end of September, the yearly count of fatal road accidents reached 1,000,000 victims worldwide. Europe alone accounted for 25,000 casualties, most of which included pedestrians, cyclists,...
The European Commission has been working on proposals to update its 10 year old regulations on Road Infrastructure Safety Management (RISM) and ECF has been pushing hard to make sure cyclists get a look in. Next week the TRAN Committee of the...
Car traffic can be “filtered out” on selected streets to create better conditions for walking and cycling, and at the same time maintain necessary access to every location. On the cycle highway Batavierenpad Zuid filtered permeability improves...
Extension of the F1 cycle highway towards Brussels is a complex task, requiring cooperation of many actors. We took a look at what is happening on a 4 km stretch near Zemst. The completed, on-going and soon starting investments include two ...
Road markings play an important part in cycle highway’s readability and safety. They help the cyclists to follow the route, especially in poor visibility conditions, improve the recognisability of cycle infrastructure for other users, and can also...
ECF welcomes the European Commission initiative to improve the EU regulatory framework for road infrastructure safety management, especially actions targeted to protect cyclists and pedestrians. During the public consultation, ECF proposed several...
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