Introducing high-quality fast cycling routes in one of the biggest European cities was a challenging task, but the completed ‘cycle superhighways’ attracted thousands of commuters. On the Blackfriars bridge bicycles constitute 70% of all traffic in...

Here’s a quick round up of items cycling around in the ECF health arena. The EU seeks your input on how to make cities healthier places to live with more walking and cycling, how much of the EU budget should be spent on health, and your views on the...

The World Urban Forum (WUF) is an event organized every two years by the UN-Habitat since 2002; this year’s edition was held in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) from 7 to 13 February 2018. The main focus of the WUF9 has been the implementation of the New...

By 2030 the levels of cycling in the EU have the potential to double, which means not only potential to uplift bike sales and prices, but also that the cycling market could account for 400,000 new jobs. 12 million e-bikes will be on our streets...

In the last article we examined the general topic of planning bike friendly cities. In particular, we focused the attention on the fact that the urbanization process requires to adopt urgent solutions in order to tackle thorny issues such as...

Groundbreaking success for ECF's Ukrainian Member: On February, 8 Kyiv City Council approved the Kyiv Cycling Concept, developed with the support of Kyiv Cyclists’ Association. This guest article is authored by Ksenia Semenova, Policy Coordinator...

More and more European cities have been implementing progressive civic projects in recent years to promote sustainable and efficient transportation in order to address issues of traffic congestion and air pollution. Cycling is slowly becoming...

German railway company Deutsche Bahn (DB) is setting a welcome precedent in Europe by integrating designated spaces for eight bicycles in all their new long-distance high speed trains. After having been tested for 14 months, the ICE 4 entered into...

Cycling is an essential component when planning sustainable cities. Velo-city 2018 will devote plenty of room to the topic. In the conference program, several sessions will focus on urban planning, infrastructure and all issues related to urban...

The European Cyclist’ Federation and its Cycling Industry Club are organizing the Cycling Industry Leaders’ Summit European summit on future of cycling together with Fietsersbond. This event will take place on March 1, 2018 in ...

The CHIPS project partners are looking forward to host the third edition of the Cycle Highway Academy, between 28 February and 1 March 2018 in Essen, at the home of the Radschnellweg 1, the first generation of cycle highways in the Ruhr...

A bicycle-friendly workplace is great for companies and their employees. Cycling can contribute to the success of a business or organisation and supporting employees getting to work by cycling is a worthwhile investment. Based on those findings and...