A new study released in Canada this month has found that physical inactivity is costing the country billions. The Velo-city global conference in Vancouver will be pushing cycling as the perfect solution.  Velo-city Health Highlights Some...

Photo credit Freight on Rail Extra-large lorries are to be permitted across European borders as Siim Kallas decides to go ahead with his decision to reinterpret existing EU legislation on the size and weights of lorries. The DG MOVE Commissioner...

In under two weeks, ECF will be leaving for Velo-city Global in Vancouver. Before we go to the North American continent, we thought we should have a chat with Janette Sadik-Khan, New York's Transport Commissioner. ECF board member Daniel Mourek had...

"Picnic the Streets" Campaign in Brussels This year’s Velo-city conference will have a huge focus on strengthening bicycle advocacy. With so many interest groups looking to attract attention,  bicycle advocates need to be savvy, explains ECF...

Woman cycling in Berlin Why is that that some countries see more women cycling than men? How did the world view the first women that ‘dared’ cycle ? And did you know that early medical journals opposed women cycling on the grounds that it would...

ECF Staff in a Dutch Cargo Bicycle This week the European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF) brought Cycle Logistics to the EU Parliament “Cycles can deliver 50% of all light goods and 25% of all goods in our urban areas, and a great deal of that can be...

Today, ECF presented its vision on road safety for cyclists at a world congress on road safety in Morocco. In a room full of ministers, researchers, academics, policy makers and road safety practitioners,  ECF Secretary General, Bernhard Ensink,...

An RFID tag attached to a bicycle. The "Cykel Score" concept is also looking at using Smartphones in the near future. A Danish concept using electronic chips to reward cyclists going to school and work is being exported across Europe.  [fr] The...

A Female Cyclist in Cologne, Germany Germany's Federal Transport Minister wants to see bicycles make up 16% of all traffic in urban areas. Germany has being doing some pretty amazing things for cycling recently, and it has some stella bicycle...

The German Institute of Urban Affairs has developed one of Europe's largest databases on cycling literature.   When we approach governments for more money and cycling infrastructure, we need hard facts and solid evidence to convince them. A...

Professor John Pucher is nothing short of a cycling guru. He’s a passionate academic and provides bicycle advocates with the ammunition--the facts and figures--to give to decision makers. His new book, “City Cycling,” co-authored with Ralph Buehler...

At last year's Velo-city Conference in Seville, Spain, we randomly gave one lucky participant a free ticket and accommodation to Velo-city Global in Vancouver. In a little over a month, University Student Alyson Fletcher from Ithaca, New York will...