Over 9000 children are receiving bicycle books as Christmas presents under the initiative of Almada City Council. Aged 6-11, the youngsters will see their Santa stockings filled with the beautifully illustrated “o meu livro de bicicletas” (...

Traffic in Hyderbad: Credit: Joiseyshowaa Pedestrians and cyclists are routinely ignored in Indian cities with the city of Pune noting that “40% of all major roads in the city have no footpaths.” Ramish Moore from Pune, India, is a clerk and uses...

Dublin Cycling Campaign During 'Paddys Day' Parade When you think of Ireland, thoughts often drift to pints of Guinness, shades of green, rain, shamrocks, leprechauns, Irish music and …errr bicycles!? Well in actual fact, Ireland is undergoing...

Without a doubt, 2011 has been a remarkable year for EuroVelo, the European cycle route network.  Over the past 12 months 2 new routes have officially joined the network; the first dedicated EuroVelo website has gone live; there is a renewed...

Photo Credit: James Schwartz, the Urban Country As I’m sitting in here in my office, tapping away at a computer and writing about cycling policy, cycling advocates are out in the street getting 'their spokes dirty' so to speak. This year has seen...

ECF Board at the 2011 AGM in Seville, Spain with Kevin Mayne on the far left Kevin Mayne, current Chief Executive of the UK’s national cyclists’ organisation (CTC) will be joining the European Cyclist’s Federation (ECF) as Director of Development...

Bicycles in Leipzig, Germany  A German Study has found that “29 percent of Germans are planning to buy a new bicycle in the next twelve months”.  We’re not talking about cheap nasty bicycles either: they’re willing to spend on average 620 € per...

Photo Credit: The Slow Bicycle Movement A new report from UK’s Department of Transport proves that traffic calming works. Looking at infrastructure and how it affects cyclists, they draw the following conclusions: Junctions are a major source of...

Velo-city 2012 are now accepting conference registrations. Check out this section here for rates, to register online and make payment. If you want save money register early, by March 31, 2012. The savings will be for the 4 full conference days.  ...

A new book due out next year, 'Roads Were Not Built For Cars', has  quite a few heads turning. For those of us growing up in a car-centric world it may sound like spin, but author Carlton Reid insists that he has undertaken pain-staking research:...

When you talk about cycling in Germany, thoughts generally drift to the northern cycling city of Bremen with a modal share of almost 30%. Munich however is fast catching up… A recent article in one of Germany’s most respected daily newspapers, the...

Credit: European Parliament Stricter CO2 emission targets, more cycling: The Transport & Tourism Committee (TRAN) of the European Parliament has strengthened on a number of issues the Commission White Paper on Transport in its vote this week...