In 2021, EU Member States adopted their National Recovery and Resilience Plans (NRRPs) under the EU’s €800 billion “NextGenerationEU” stimulus package. Thanks t...With National Recovery and Resilience Plans in place for two years now, it is time again for ECF to check how cycling investments are progressing. Short answer: More or l...
Her campaign in the UK, it is fair to say, culminated in the CLOCS programme that Transport for London put in place that requires trucks entering the city to ha...In 2009 in London Kate Cairns’s sister Eilidh was killed while cycling after a large tipper truck ran her over. The driver said he did not see her. In the aftermath of th...
The Province of Groningen is the northernmost province of the Netherlands, and is a region situated around the City of Groningen, consisting of smaller rural to...ECF welcomes the Province of Groningen to Cities & Regions for Cyclists, a network that brings together local and regional administrations, actively working to promot...
Gentians’s love for cycling is not only felt on the streets, but it is also mirrored in the official statistics. The city boasts a modal split of 34% for cycli...The quirky city of Ghent is a cosy pocket-sized city with the energy of a metropolis and a top destination for cycling enthusiasts. Through people-focused urban planning,...
On 29 August 2023, the European Cyclists' Federation (ECF) published an insightful new policy brief, presenting key figures for investments in cycling EU Struct...ECF publishes a first-of-its-kind analysis of financial investments in cycling projects made by EU Member States using EU Structural Funds, based on data from the Europea...
As we know, cycling comes with many co-benefits, particularly for the climate, environment and health. But cycling is also an extremely energy-efficient mode of...Various nationwide cycling programmes in France are now being financed through energy efficiency programmes, as the recently revised European Energy Efficiency Directive...
The City of Tel Aviv-Yafo is home to 470,000 inhabitants, while the greater metropolitan area has a population of 3.9 million which is projected to double withi...ECF welcomes the City of Tel Aviv-Yafo to Cities & Regions for Cyclists, a network that brings together local and regional administrations, actively working to promot...
The City of Vienna, a member of the European Cyclists' Federation's (ECF) Cities & Regions for Cyclists Network, has taken a significant stride forward in i...The City of Vienna, a member of ECF's CRC network, now allows cyclists to turn right at red lights at over 300 locations, promoting transport safety, sustainability and a...
Data on infrastructure is required to make transportation systems more environmentally and socially sustainable. As we believe that cycling is a key element for...This year, ECF has once again explored the potential of using OpenStreetMap (OSM) to quantify cycling infrastructure across Europe. Our tool, Quantifying Europe’s Cycling...
UPPER’s mission is to strengthen the role of public transport in achieving sustainability and innovative mobility in cities. It will do so by implementing a ser...Since the beginning of the year, ECF has been involved in a new Horizon Europe Project - UPPER: Unleashing the Potential of Public Transport in Europe.
More and more countries all over the world are realising the tremendous potential of cycling and are drafting strategic plans to unlock it. While these plans va...Commitments to increasing active travel often look nice on paper, but are governments actually committed to doing what is necessary to deliver on their goals? While Wales...
A 2015 study from Montreal showed that half of all bicycles stolen are from ‘fly-parking’ locations (i.e. locations not intended for bicycle parking, such as la...The lack of safe and accessible bicycle parking is one of the main barriers to regular cycling, the most-energy efficient of all transport modes. Bicycle theft is a major...