On April 25th Kiev joined a Bike2Work Day organised by Ukrainian ECF member, Kiev Cyclists' Association (AVK).   The Minister of Healthcare of Ukraine, Ulyana Suprun, and the Mayor of Kiev, Vitalii Klitchko, both joined the event. The flash mob...

    The week of March 8th to 14th all around the world, communities organised events around the theme for UN Global Road Safety Week -  ‘Save Lives #SlowDown.’ Here in Ireland, already in 2017, 54 people have been killed on our roads...

The King of the Netherlands will open the world’s biggest cycling conference, Velo-city 2017 Arnhem-Nijmegen Co – organised by the European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF) and the Dutch cities of Arnhem and Nijmegen, Velo-city will bring together over...

On April 25th, 2017 the EU Cycling Strategy 3rd Expert Group meeting took place at the ECF headquarters in Brussels. There were 15 people attending the meeting. The goal of this EU cycling strategy meeting was to analyse the comments received by the...

Portugal’s controversial 2020 National Road Safety Strategy program (PENSE2020) has dropped studying mandatory helmet laws for cyclists, after strong public opposition.  Shortly after being launched for public consultation, in the midst of the...

As part of our work to help cycling and the bike industry into the world of smart, connected and shared mobility we are working with visionaries and leaders who are setting the tone in this new mobility. We are going to be inviting some of them...

The Cicloraduno is FIAB national gathering of cyclists, which every year allows cyclists to explore new regions of Italy. The 29th edition will take place from the 19th to the 25th June in Varese around 7 lakes, among which Lago Maggiore, Lago di...

Last week, ECF Urban Mobility Policy Officer Benedicte Swennen was invited to Reggio Emilia (170.000 inhabitants, North Italy), one of the Italian members of the Cities for Cyclists Network. The visit took place in the framework of the EU project...

On April 13, ECF member FUB launched Parlons Vélo; a site dedicated to the role of the bike in the presidential campaigns for the 2017 French elections. In one week, 7 of 11 candidates responded to the call launched by FUB and its 16 partners. Since...

ECF gives a first-ever overview on cycling statistics for the 28 EU countries and their capitals. Starting with data on modal share, bike share and cycling tourism, the map will soon be open for public input and will call...

‘In order to tackle the traffic problem, especially the traffic jams, in our region, we want to see more people cycling’, says Tom Dehaene, Mobility representative for the Province of Flemish Brabant. ‘With this new project we want to convince...

The use of cargo bikes is growing rapidly in cities all over the world, which is good for the environment and has a lot of economic benefits for companies as well. The purchase and maintenance costs are less than the ones for delivery trucks and in...