The bus operator Borders Buses has just implemented the first fully bike-friendly local bus route in Scotland where riders can now wheel their bicycles directly on board. This good practice of integrating cycling with public transport – combining...

Earlier this year, ECF welcomed a delegation from Turkey keen to find out more about developing national strategies and cycle route networks.  With the major extension to EuroVelo 8 – Mediterranean Route to Izmir recently approved it seems that...

Author: Toño Peña E: biciclistas@gmail.comThe Erasmus+ project “Sustainable Mobility, Sustainable Community” organised its third international learning, teaching and training meeting in Copenhagen from October 6th to the 11th 2019.  Three ECF...

During the summer, the Italian cycling advocates at FIAB wrote to the Minister for Transport Danilo Toninelli, calling for a future-proof upgrade of the national trains to make them compatible with a growing trend in mobility: inter-modality. And he...

Impressed by the €12 billion generated by the cycling sector in Italy, Il Sole 24 Ore, the country’s leading financial newspaper, gathered the top cycling experts to discuss the next steps for the active mobility community. Economists, advocates,...

ECF, in cooperation with 15 other organisations, calls for the establishment of a new European Parliamentary intergroup to address topics on Sustainable and Safe Active Mobility. On Wednesday 13 November we had the first meeting of the potential...

This article was written by Federico Ferrara, Project Manager of Immigrant on bike -project. In February 2018, the Finnish Cyclist’s Federation (Pyöräliitto) started the “Immigrants on bike” project. It is funded by Finland's state lottery and...

The revised and updated version of the SUMP guidelines were released at the CIVITAS Forum 2019, to support cities in their efforts to create an integrated Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan. The SUMP framework aims at the overall improvement of the...

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...

Air pollution continues to harm the health of European citizens as well as the performance of the European Economy.  A new report by the European Environment Agency (EEA) shows that exposure to high-levels of air pollution caused 412,000...

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,...

[photo credit: Carlos Martin Ruiz, Bikefriendly Group] A successful in-person meeting was held last week (3/10/19) at the ECF Office in Brussels, among members of the Cycle-Friendly Employer Consortium , who came together to discuss, share, and...