On 12 April 2024, twenty EU member states endorsed the EPBD, while two (Italy and Hungary) opposed it, and five (Croatia, Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia and S...After receiving approval from the European Parliament in March, Member States recently adopted the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), marking the final leg...
After two years of negotiations, legislators agreed on 7 December on a text that, when rubberstamped officially by Member States and the European Parliament ear...ECF strongly welcomes the provisional agreement on the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive which sets, for the very first time, European minimum bicycle parking nor...
ECF is pleased to publish today the 3rd edition of our “The state of national cycling strategies (2023)” report. Following the adoption of the Pan-European Mast...The third edition of ECF's "The state of national cycling strategies (2023)" is published today, providing a snapshot of progress on the development of cycling strategies...
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...
On 22 December 2022, the European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF) published the 2022 edition of the “The state of national cycling strategies” report,...ECF publishes the 2022 edition of the The state of national cycling strategies report. 14 of the 44 countries analysed now have a national cycling str...
On Tuesday 25 October, the mandatory integration of dedicated bicycle parking spaces into the design of every building took a major legislative step forward. By...Revision of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive takes major step forward with EU Member States supporting proposal to require bicycle parking in every new and r...
The European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF) has published a new document highlighting six key policy areas that can be improved to better integrate cycling into the...ECF publishes suggested amendments to the EU’s proposed revision of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, focusing on six key areas that could effectively increa...
On 15 December, the European Commission presented a revision proposal for the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), for which the European Cyclists’...All new and renovated residential and non-residential buildings must provide spaces for bicycle parking, according to a new revision proposal for the Energy Performa...
On 28 September 2021, the European Commission published new guidelines for the Energy Efficiency First (EE1st) principle, with favourable mentions towards cycli...Modal shift and bicycle-friendly building codes have been included in the new guidelines of the Energy Efficiency First principle, being listed as effective ways to reduc...
In June 2021, after more than three years of negotiations, the European Parliament and Council agreed upon a new funding regulation for the 2021-27 Multiannual...An updated regulation for EU Structural Funds has demanded increased levels of investment from cities and regions towards sustainable mobility, a major opportunity to att...
On 24 September 2021, the Belgian federal government adopted a first-of-its-kind federal action plan for the promotion of cycling: “BE CYCLIST.” The plan, which...The cycling action plan, which goes by the name “BE CYCLIST,” lists 52 action points that Belgium’s federal government will implement by 2024. This first-ever federal Bel...