Led by the Sport and Citizenship think tank, TAFISA and ICSSPE, PACTE aims to sensitize municipalities, Europe-wide, on the crucial role they can play promoting Health-Enhancing Physical Activity. Being a partner in this project, ECF is involved to...

Usually bridges are built across rivers, but there are exceptions. On the F1 cycle highway a 100-metre cycling bridge was built along the river Vrouwvliet and under two railroad bridges. This sounds quite complicated, but in fact it provides an easy...

On January 22nd ECF attended an executive symposium on road safety at the European University Institute in Florence[1]. The symposium was organised jointly by the Cabinet of Commissioner Violeta Bulc, the European Commission Directorate-General for...

The Smart City community is looking forward to give its contribution to solve one of the most complex and pressing issues in today’s urban areas: the ever more intense tension between the population’s demand for more mobility and the limits of the...

The World Bank and Embarq- the sustainable mobility initiative of WRI Ross Centre for Sustainable Cities, held the 2018 edition of Transforming Transportation, at the World Bank Headquarters in Washington DC on January 11-12th. The theme of this...

A study led by researchers from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) has found that expanding designated cycling networks in cities could provide considerable health and economic benefits, with a rate of return of up to 70 € for...

As announced in the previous article, the warehouses 2 and 3 at Pier Mauá (Av. Rodrigues Alves) in Rio de Janeiro will be the venue for the next Velo-city conference 2018, which will take place from 12 to 15 June. The entire area, which will host...

As global passenger mobility is expected to rise by 50% by 2030, it is becoming increasingly important to integrate different modes of transport to create a mobility network, that can effectively serve the modern European citizen’s needs. ...

In the midst of a transport-packed week in Washington DC, ECF’s Global Policies Director Mr Marcio Deslandes attended the 10th SuM4All Fourth Consortium meeting at the World Bank Headquarters on the 10th of January 2018. Joining experts on...

The European Commission's Directorate-General for Research and Innovation has recently published two documents related to cities and urban development: The Publication "EU Research and Innovation for and with Cities".This report provides an...

This year the world’s biggest urban mobility and bicycle event is moving to Rio in an astonishing venue. The totally renovated area of Porto Maravilha will be the setting for Velo-city 2018. In particular, two spectacular waterfront warehouses...

The world of cycling, as a daily means of transport, is rapidly growing and evolving bringing with it both challenges and opportunities. This is partly the result of the European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF) and its members’ efforts.  ECF is the...