The proposed changes to the system The European Commission recently published its proposals to reform the Value Added Tax (VAT) system. If the proposal goes ahead, Member States will be able to set reduced or zero VAT rates much more freely than...

ECF has signed a joint statement along with European Transport Safety Council (ETSC), European Union Road Federation (ERF), European Transport Workers Federation (ETF) and TISPOL, the European traffic police network. The group see a huge opportunity...

Cycling was a prominent topic at the 25th Intelligent Transport Systems World Congress, this year held between 17-21 September in Copenhagen. The Opening Ceremony featured the highest authorities on intelligent mobility at global level. Christophe...

A special edition of Cycle Highway Academy on Wayfinding took place on 13 September 2018 in Tilburg, Netherlands, with new networking, information exchange and bicycle experience for all the participants. After a welcoming speech...

  For one day a year, the Brussels capital region is banning all individual motorized transport – or to formulate it in a more appropriate way: For one day a year, the inhabitants of the Brussels capital region and its visitors, can breathe...

Edouard Philippe, the French Prime Minister, has unveiled today the new cycling masterplan for France. François de Rugy, Minister of Ecology and Sustainable Development, and Elisabeth Borne, Minister of Transportation, will be by his side for the...

The World ITS Congress 2018 with the slogan “Quality of Life” takes place in Copenhagen, one of the world’s foremost cycling cities. The collaboration of the city and Europe’s leading cycling advocacy organisations means that cycling has its highest...

Up to 48 thousand cyclists per day cross Queen Louise Bridge in Copenhagen. We revisit Nørrebrogade on the cycle highway C95  to check how traffic lights were adjusted to facilitate the flow of bicycle traffic. On cycle highways like...

Interview to Christophe Najdovski, ECF President and Deputy Mayor of Paris for Transportation, Mobility, Roadway and Public Space. Christophe is a born and bred Parisian, where he has spent over 15 years representing the French Green Party, Europe...

Biciclistas de Corella (Spain), Green Schools/Cyclist.ie - the Irish Cycling Advocacy Network, and Frie Fugle (Denmark) have collaborated with a youth association (LAG Suduva, Lithuania) and Alhama High School (Spain) to devise a project (...

More than a quarter of the world’s adults (1.4 billion) have greater risk of type 2 diabetes, cancer, dementia and cardiovascular disease, because they do too little physical activity according to data from the first study to estimate global...

Update: Following numerous requests for an extension, we have decided to give one extra week to refine, finetune and submit cycling abstracts for Velo-city 2019 Dublin. For all information on abstract submission, consult our website. If you have...