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Member States are now obliged to take the needs of cyclists into account in major road investments. This is one of the published amendments to the RISM directive, that wi...

11 Dec, 2019

“Does legislation help you develop cycling and cycling infrastructure or on the contrary, is a hindrance?” - asked Camille Thomé, directress of the Vélo&Ter...

25 Jun, 2019
 European Parliament takes a step towards Safer Vehicles for Cyclists and Pedestrians

The European Parliament has decided that now is the right time to improve the safety of pedestrians and cyclists in Europe drastically by equipping motor vehic...

21 Feb, 2019

Mr. Adam Bodor, Advocacy Director of the European Cyclists' Federation (ECF), touches upon the current status of the EU Road Safety Management Directive (RISM...

15 Feb, 2019
Cycling to be explicitly referenced in new EU Regional Funding Regulation

Today the European Parliament Committee for Regional Development (REGI) adopted a proposal for a revised ‘European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and Cohesion...

14 Feb, 2019
European Parliament officially takes its position to exclude pedelecs from mandatory motor insurance

As reported to ECF members a couple of weeks ago[1] the European Parliament IMCO committee, led by MEP Charanzová, agreed with ECF to exclude pedelecs from the...

14 Feb, 2019

The Road Infrastructure Safety Management (RISM) directive (2008/96/EC) defines procedures that were supposed to ensure safety of the trans-European road infras...

10 Jan, 2019