The Kidical Mass weekend in September 2021 was a huge success with 25,000 participants in more than 130 cities in Germany and beyond. A big joint Kidical Mass 2...
We will need much more cycling if we are to combat climate change. Without faster and more determined collective action by governments to cut global transport C...As world leaders head to Glasgow for COP26, we must shift focus from the electrification of cars and trucks to the benefits of investing in more and safer cycling, one of...
On 14 July, the European Commission released its much-awaited set of proposals to implement the European Green Deal in a package called “Fit for 55.” It is an a...The European Commission’s “Fit for 55” package missed a major opportunity to propose a radical transformational shift away from polluting road transport. To cut emissions...
World Bicycle Day, 3 June, may only come around once a year, but this decade could see the bicycle reclaim a central place in our societies – and mitigate the w...The world will need much more cycling if we are to overcome climate change, the most urgent crisis of our times. If we succeed, the 2020s could be the decade when the way...
Lisbon was the latest European city to present a LEZ initiative in order to improve its air quality. Our Portuguese members, FPCUB and MUBi, welcome this measur...
2018 has been one of the best years yet for ECF’s advocacy team; heading into 2019 we really feel like there has been a sea change in thinking on transport poli...
“Achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 through a socially-fair transition in a cost-efficient manner” – This is the key sentence in the European L...
Decarbonising the European economy is among the biggest challenges of our time, and all main-stream political parties in the EU agree with the overall...
After long negotiations, the European Union has finally decided on an update of the National Emission Ceilings Directive (NEC Directive) to improve ai...
The European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF), supported by many cycling cities like Milan, Reggio Emilia and Ferrara in Italy, Madrid and El Prat in Spain, are pleading for an...
ECF President Manfred Neun had been invited to the Bali Climate summit to represent there the cycling associations during the official launch of the new “Glob...