Europeans love trains and bicycles. Our dense railway and bike lanes networks provide for the most sustainable, flexible and efficient way to travel. The review of the legislation on rail passengers’ rights is a great opportunity to facilitate the...

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol aims to boost the number of employees cycling to work. Through a combination of interactive express cycling routes, a bike assistant, a trendy clothing line and a bike academy, the goinGDutch programme offers the ultimate...

What could be better than bonding over a bike ride with your fellow Velo-citizens after thought-provoking discussions at the conference centre? The City of Ljubljana has prepared five different technical visits, which are all about building public...

Electric scooters and ride-hailing services are the latest hot topic in urban mobility. But are they sustainable enough to meet the climate neutrality goal outlined in the European Green Deal by 2050? The latest report by the European Environment...

Cycling is a major contributor to shifting mobility from polluting and passive modes of transport to cleaner, emissions free, active modes. At the moment, the number one barrier to increasing cycling and getting more people to cycle is road safety...

New research shows that by 2030, the demand for last-mile urban delivery services is expected to grow by 78%, leading to a 36% increase of delivery vehicles in circulation and an added 11 minutes to the average daily commute. Cargo bikes can be...

The next decade will be marked by many challenges and social disruptions that will be in turn fuelled by fundamental transformations in technology, society, and the environment. In this context, a recent report from Deloitte has predicted that “tens...

Last newsletter we introduced the Safer Cycling Advocate Programme: The Best Practice Guide. This week we run through some of the infrastructure elements of the document to see how the Danes and Dutch go about cycling infrastructure development....

Join us now in exploring different subthemes and topics that the global cycling community will address between 15 and18 September 2020 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. With this year’s theme “Smart Cycling Inclusion", the conference will lead the way in...

The ambitious plan put forward by the European Green Deal sets the bar high for the EU to become fully carbon neutral by 2050. The transport sector is currently responsible for 23% of emissions and has enormous potential to contribute to this change...

The European Investment Bank (EIB) recently released the results of their climate survey, a comprehensive initiative assessing citizens’ perception of climate change and their expectations on climate action. Cycling and walking are listed as viable...

Road safety is a pressing issue in Europe, with over 25,000 deaths recorded on European Roads in 2019. Of these people an increasing proportion are cyclists, rising as a proportion of deaths from 6-8% from 2007 to 2018. What can be done? In this...