The European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF) has published a new factsheet on interruptions and delays on cycle routes. The report is a meta-analysis of requirements...ECF has released a new factsheet that compiles, compares and analyses requirements for avoiding interruptions and delays across cycling standards and guidelines from five...
The F11 cycle highway connects Antwerp (520,000 inhabitants) and Lier (36,000 inhabitants) in Belgium. As many other Flemish cycle highways, this 12 km route is...ECF takes a look at the F11 cycle highway bridge over a TEN-T railway in Belgium as an example of EU funding being well spent. Costing just over than €2 million, the...
The F3 cycle highway connects Leuven with Brussels, following service roads built as a part of a railway upgrade in 2006. But as the cycle highway was not part...Recently opened section of F3 cycle highway costs a record €32.5 million, a price tag which highlights exactly why cycling infrastructure needs to be considered from the...
There is a long-standing superstition that cycle tracks should not be built alongside motorways. But the experience of administrations who have dared to think d...ECF uses the case study of the F203 cycle highway in Brussels to demonstrate the advantages of building a cycle track alongside a motorway, while also highlighting the be...
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the bicycle emerged as the safest means of transport for making essential trips, to deliver food and medicines, and to get some mu...Throughout the Belgian region of Flanders, safe and signposted cycle routes are helping people to access vaccination centres. With Flanders having the highest vaccination...
“How much will it cost to build a network of cycle routes?” is a question frequently asked to the European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF). Recently even more so wit...The price tag on a cycle track can vary greatly from under €50,000 to over €10,000,000 per kilometre. Why is that? What elements influence the price tag on cycling infras...
18 March 2021 marks the one-year anniversary of the first of many coronavirus-related traffic changes in Brussels, the notoriously car-centric “capital of Euro...
During the coronavirus crisis, local and national authorities are increasing efforts to promote cycling. But why? Let us list the common motivations behind the...
The CHIPS (Cycle Highways Innovation for smarter People Transport and Spatial Planning) final conference summarised 3 years of knowledge sharing and research be...
Up to 48 thousand cyclists per day cross Queen Louise Bridge in Copenhagen. One of the key measures that contributed to reaching such a high number is closing o...