The European Commission released its latest figures[1] for the road fatalities across the EU last week. In 2018, there were around 25,100 fatalities in road accidents in the EU 28; a 1% decrease from 2017. The EU has been aiming to halve fatalities...
On 21th February 2019, the key EU institutions agreed on a revised version of the directive 2008/96/EC on Road Infrastructure Safety Management (RISM), recognising the need to pay more attention to the safety of cyclists and pedestrians.The RISM...
The International Federation of Pedestrians (IFP), the European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF) and the Federation of European Motorcyclists’ Associations (FEMA) welcome the initiative of EU institutions to improve the safety of vulnerable...
The Road Infrastructure Safety Management (RISM) directive (2008/96/EC) defines procedures that were supposed to ensure safety of the trans-European road infrastructure (TEN-T) but were focused nearly exclusive on the safety of car-occupants. The...
For over twenty years the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) has been a cornerstone of EU transport policy. It should come as no surprise therefore that ECF has been pushing hard to get the tectonic plates of European policy moving on this...
ECF has, along with 13 other organisations, sent a letter to the President of the European Parliament, Antonio Tajani, calling for a ‘strong and timely’ response to the European Commission upcoming proposal on changes to the General Safety and...
It seems that we were too premature in our congratulations of the TRAN committees work in the Professional Drivers Qualifications. This legislation lays out the basis for providing training programmes for professional drivers, including importantly...
ECF welcomes a European Parliament report[1] voted in plenary today that calls on the European Commission to make ground-breaking safety technologies compulsory in all new vehicles. This has been and continues to be a focus of ECF road safety...
A good week for ECF at the Transport and Tourism(TRAN) committee which is responsible for transport issues within the European Parliament, has been dealing with vehicle safety and professional driver training. Two issues of interest, first is a...
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