Spain is proposing some rather nasty legislation, which includes a compulsory helmet law. ECF's Road Safety Officer, Ceri Woolsgrove, explains why this is bad news.  We spoke last year about Spain looking to implement a helmet law.  Well it looks...

About ECF's UK members ECF’s member groups in the UK include Cyclenation, the umbrella group of city cycling campaigns, CTC the national cyclists’ organisation and Sustrans the sustainable transport charity. All played a big part in the campaigns...

Chloe Mispelon, ECF's adventurous French Communications officer, travelled over 4,000 kilometres from Brussels to Istanbul last summer. She believes it was the trip of a lifetime, and that others should take up the challenge. Most people would be a...

ECF has launched its cycling touring web platform, www.eurovelo.com, which provides a wealth of information to those wishing to cycle the EuroVelo routes, a long distance cycle network crisscrossing Europe. The web portal, www.eurovelo.com provides...

About Earth Hour According to organisers, Earth Hour is the single, largest, symbolic mass participation event in the world. It inspires a global community of millions of people in 7,001 cities and towns across 152 countries and territories to...

Cycle Pathways in Stevenage, UK. The tale of Stevenage (UK) provides a cautionary lesson to bicycle advocates across Europe.  How many times have bicycle advocates asked themselves, what should I do to get more people cycling? Our conclusion is...

Bici Libera Tutti” is the City of Venice Bike the Track initiative which rewards young people between the age of 13 and 15 who travel by bike for leisure. The challenge begins with “Boost my bike” on the 6th of March: the workshop in which young...

ECF’s representative to the Platform on Diet, Physical Activity and Health, Dr Randy Rzewnicki, explains why and what it’s about. EU action on nutrition & physical activity A short film released by EU Public Health promotes daily cycling by...

ECF members arranged workshops that reached into local and federal governments in 2012, bringing government officials and administrators together with cycling experts and campaigners. The workshops guide participants through key steps of developing...

Last week the German national cyclists’ association ADFC released its 5th “Cycling climate test”. This survey is the biggest of its kind in the world. . 80000 Germans participated in the poll to give their opinion on the cycling friendliness of...

Alain Spada, DRC president during the conference in Strasbourg.Photo credit DRC This week the European Parliament holds its plenary session in Strasbourg, France, and the ECF Member Association the Départements et Régions Cyclables (DRC) has...

With a UK parliamentary enquiry underway, there's been a lot of buzz about how the country should increase cycling. ECF’s Director of Development, Kevin Mayne, spoke to the global radio station Monocle . A seasoned veteran in the field of bicycle...