On April 13, ECF member FUB launched Parlons Vélo; a site dedicated to the role of the bike in the presidential campaigns for the 2017 French elections. In one week, 7 of 11 candidates responded to the call launched by FUB and its 16 partners. Since...

ECF gives a first-ever overview on cycling statistics for the 28 EU countries and their capitals. Starting with data on modal share, bike share and cycling tourism, the map will soon be open for public input and will call...

‘In order to tackle the traffic problem, especially the traffic jams, in our region, we want to see more people cycling’, says Tom Dehaene, Mobility representative for the Province of Flemish Brabant. ‘With this new project we want to convince...

The use of cargo bikes is growing rapidly in cities all over the world, which is good for the environment and has a lot of economic benefits for companies as well. The purchase and maintenance costs are less than the ones for delivery trucks and in...

Cyclists’ Union is a non-governmental organization, a member of ECF and supported by our Leadership Programme (the programme invests in small and medium-sized organisations to become influential national leaders), that...

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...

Bernhard Ensink, ECF Secretary General, spoke at a Hi-level transport ministers meeting In Malta on Wednesday 29th March, here’s the press release. It followed a road safety conference the day before and it was an eventful couple of days. The road...

During the last months, four European countries have introduced tax breaks for cycling to work or extended existing ones: France, Belgium, Luxembourg and Italy. This shows that the idea of rewarding sustainable commuting behaviour through fiscal...

To enable more people to cycle to work, is one of the objectives of the European CHIPS – Cycle Highway Innovation project. The first step of the project involved a survey of workplaces located near the cycle highways in Northern Ireland (Comber...

European Transport Ministers launched the “Valetta Declaration on Improving Road Safety” at a Ministerial Conference on Road Safety in Valletta (Malta) today undertaking to put in place many measures to improve road safety across the EU[1]. They...

For the Kyiv Cyclists’ Association (AVK), the Ukranian member organisation of ECF, 2016 was a very busy and successful year, advocating for a better cycling environment in the Ukraine and their efforts are paying off: the number of...

It is possible to get more people to use long-distance and international rail services and thereby help to reduce Green House Gas (GHG) emissions in EU – and it only takes seven simple steps. Today, on the 13th March 2017, European Cycling...