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The sixth edition of the “Report on the Quality of life in European cities” was published in December 2023. It is based on a survey among more than 70,000 Europ...At the end of 2023, the European Commission published a comprehensive survey on how European citizens from 83 cities in the EU and its neighbourhood perceive their qualit...

15 Feb, 2024

The contraflow cycling ratio can be considered a measure of the cycle-friendliness of traffic management in the area. Unfortunately, on average, only 10% of loc...One of the parameters we analyse in our QECIO (Quantifying Europe’s Cycling Infrastructure using OpenStreetMap) dashboard is the uptake of contraflow cycling: the percent...

08 Dec, 2023

On the 26-27 March 2022, the European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF) were panel participants for an online Hackathon organised by data science consultancy, Agilytic...ECF and Agilytic host online Hackathon on using data analysis, visualisation and coding to encourage more cycling, with winning team taking home €1,000 cash prize.

08 Apr, 2022

Do public investments in sustainable mobility really bring about behaviour change? Can more dedicated infrastructure lead to increased levels of cycling? The re...A new study based on data from ECF’s COVID-19 cycling measures tracker shows that pop-up cycling infrastructure boosted cycling levels in European cities in the first mon...

07 Apr, 2021

In a joint political declaration on Tuesday (14 July), Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands called on the EU to prioritise cycling in the post-virus recovery...

22 Jul, 2020

Most people are probably more interested in models on bicycles than in modelling cyclists. Nevertheless, modelling cyclists is a challenging issue in the FLOW p...

22 Dec, 2016

Should the EU embrace a target of doubling cycling over the next 10 years in Europe? And should therefore at least 10% of the EU transport funds be ring-fenced...

21 Nov, 2016