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...

Photo: BBC A BBC article has reported that "a man has painted a 30mph sign the height of a double decker bus on the side of his house in a Devon village". That's right. He was understandably sick and tired of vehicles tearing through his village...

ECF has been talking a lot recently about transporting goods by bicycle.  This is not about couriers on fixies tackling the streets to deliver packages. Instead the the cyclelogistics project wants to see goods transportation by bicycle move out of...

Photo Credit: Sexify South Korea in the past decade has been referred to as one the “Asian Tigers” for its spectacular economic growth. After a devastating civil war, the 1960s saw it with an income per head on par with the poorest parts of Africa...

After months of planning, EuroVelo.org – the website for professionals working on the EuroVelo routes – has gone live as of Tuesday 15th November.  The website aims to provide advice, guidance, tips and tools for all those individuals and...

Photo Credit: Amsterdamize There is still little awareness of the multiple ways in which modern-day urban life constricts a child’s mobility and opportunities for physical activity. We still don't know the full health impacts when children don't...

Credit: Belgium Cycle Chic Bike to Work in Belgium has welcomed its 15 000th registered cyclist. All these cyclists can save their Belgian employers a lot of money. On average, regular cyclists take one less day of sick leave a year. A "sick day...

Credits: Reuters It would seem that property values are linked to their proximity to bicycle paths. Two researchers from the University of Cincinnati last month concluded that purchasing a house located next to a bicycle trail comes at a premium...

Submissions are now being invited for presentations for the Velo-City 2012 conference. The deadline for submissions is November 15th 2011. The event will take place from June 26th to 29th next year and offers delegates the opportunity to share best...

ECF has associate members all over the world. From Turkey to America, and Bulgaria to the United Kingdom. Yet often when we think cycling, our thoughts drift to the Netherlands, or Denmark. We forget that cycling is going global. The last decade...

I was asked by ECF to tell you a little bit more about Dutch bicycle ‘culture’ and Amsterdam in particular. And it starts right there: I use quotation marks for ‘culture’, because there’s a big difference in how the Dutch understand this word and...

Patrick Lyndon from the environmental publication, Sociecity attended the ECO-mobility conference in Changwon, Korea last month. It seems that the conference and the global move towards cycling has left quite an impression on him. Enjoy his post. ...