The Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN) of the European Parliament adopted today, 13 April 2023, its report on the new TEN-T guidelines. The final wo...In its new report on the Trans-European transport network (TEN-T), the European Parliament's Transport Committee has said that major EU transport investments sh...
ECF President Henk Swarttouw opened this year’s meeting with an overview of the state of cycling advocacy at the European level and outlined ECF’s decisive...On 31 March and 1 April, over 50 representatives of cycling organisations from across Europe convened in Brussels for ECF’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2023.
In recent months, a lot of progress has been made in the development of policies to promote cycling at the EU level. Much of this has been the result of persist...ECF has been working hard to promote more and better cycling in the EU and a lot has been happening recently! This short article will get you up to speed on recent develo...
In 2022, ECF leveraged our expertise and the power of our members, networks and wider stakeholder community to deliver further progress towards our 2030 strateg...In 2022, ECF leveraged our expertise and the power of our members, networks and wider stakeholder community to deliver further progress towards our 2030 strategy. Read...
In June 2022, on World Bicycle Day, six EU Member States signed the European Bicycle Declaration. With this, they called on the European Commission to...The addition of Slovakia means that over half of EU Member States have now signed the Declaration calling on the Commission to develop a common approach to cycling promot...
Interreg Europe EU CYCLE - Project Partners Meeting & Final Conference
With seven plenaries, over 75 sessions and more than 350 speakers, Velo-city 2023 is shaping up to be the stand out cycling event of the year. This year’s edit...The annual world cycling summit has unveiled a programme bursting at the seams with high-level speakers and experts in all things cycling and urban design, coming to the...
After more than a year of negotiations, the European Parliament and the Council came to a provisional agreement on the establishment of the EU Social Climate Fu...A recent compromise on EU climate legislation means that money from the €87 billion fund will be available for purchase subsidies, cycling infrastructure and bike sharing...
On Tuesday 14 March, the European Parliament voted for an ambitious and progressive set of amendments to the European Commission’s proposal on the Energy Perfor...The European Parliament agrees on a progressive set of amendments for the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, calling for EU Member States to implement favourable...
In November 2022, the Government of Gibraltar announced a revision of the Highway Code in order to promote safer roads and a more sustainable and efficient tran...Gibraltar launches its Active Travel Strategy, aiming to promote healthier and more environmentally friendly ways of travelling around Gibraltar. The strategy promis...
European Commission Executive-Vice President Frans Timmermans announces that the EU institutions will complete an ambitious cycling plan this year, including commitments...
On Thursday 9 March 2023, at the Cycling Industries Europe Summit in Brussels, European Commission Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans, announced that the...European Commission Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans announces ambitious plans for cycling in 2023, including the creation of an interinstitutional...