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Every car in Europe produces external costs of an equivalent of 1,600 Euro (on average) annually in noise, air pollution, greenhouse gas emissions and acciden...

17 Dec, 2012

Message from Manfred Neun, ECF president. In 2012 we said to you “Take the Lead” – Do not wait for others, take cycling into every platform and show the benefi...

17 Dec, 2012

Early signs are showing the European Parliament is starting to listen to the 100 million European citizens that cycle regularly. But the battle’s not over, exp...

13 Dec, 2012

This Tuesday, the European Parliament will decide if billions will be made available for cycling infrastructure and EuroVelo. ECF and its members are calling u...

12 Dec, 2012

The principle design of the bicycle hasn’t changed in a while and all it needs to cycle is a fair part of the road space. Should that remain the same? Between...

11 Dec, 2012

Is it Cargo Bicycle O'Clock? ECF believes current urban conditions are perfect for moving more goods by cycle. Last month, we crunched some numbers and case st...

04 Dec, 2012

A new report from the European Environment Agency should set the alarm bells ringing. Europe’s transport regime is killing its citizens. ECF’s Environment Poli...

30 Nov, 2012

Ireland’s Advertising Standard’s Authority (ASAI) has ruled an advert showing a family cycling ‘advocated unsafe behaviour’. Their crime? Cycling without helme...

29 Nov, 2012

A new international report urges policy makers to implement 30 km/h zones among other measures. The world’s leading think tank on transport policy, the Interna...

23 Nov, 2012

ECF meeting with EU Transport Commissioner, Siim Kallas. The bicycle lobby is growing up. Gone are the days when politicians could say it was “silly hippies...

22 Nov, 2012

Light exercise,  especially cycling and walking, could help cancer patients on their way to recovery says new study.  A UK study compared more than 2,600 peopl...

19 Nov, 2012

This month a decision will be made to include EuroVelo in the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T). If included, this would mean billions in funding, and m...

09 Nov, 2012

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