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Sweden, 1997. The Swedish Parliament approves the ‘Vision Zero’ and makes it official government policy. Essentially, Vision Zero aims at achieving a highw...

14 Jun, 2018

The European Commission started today infringement procedures against France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Romania and the United Kingdom for violating EU air quali...

17 May, 2018

Today the revised Energy Performance of Buildings Directive took the last legislative hurdle by being adopted in Council [1]. Among other, it promotes electro-m...

14 May, 2018

The forthcoming Austrian EU Presidency received a letter from ECF’s Secretary General, Dr Bernhard Ensink, calling upon Austria to push forward a whole ser...

04 May, 2018

The Partnership for Urban Mobility held last week a high-level political discussion on the draft Urban Mobility Action Plan in Karlsruhe, Germany [1]. This draf...

14 Mar, 2018

Two years and a half  after the beginning of the Volkswagen emissions scandal, today Germany’s top Administrative Court backed environmental plans that may...

01 Mar, 2018

Toxic air pollutants, congested streets, adapting to climate change – these are some of the challenges that representatives from London, Brussels and Hamburg id...

22 Dec, 2017

Putting cycling high on the agenda of the European Commission, this was the main objective of the campaign for an EU Cycling Strategy. Initiated by ECF but supp...

13 Dec, 2017

The growth of cycling in major cities in Europe and the Americas did not go unnoticed by the academic world. In particular the last five years from 2011 – 2016...

30 Nov, 2017

While German parties are still struggling to form a new coalition government, ECF’s German member, ADFC, strongly calls for a mobility transition. Germany has t...

22 Nov, 2017

After a disappointing proposal by the European Commission on new CO2 emission 2030 targets for cars, a shift to active modes and public transport, more than eve...

09 Nov, 2017

After months of negotiating, the new Dutch coalition agreed to invest 2 billion Euro additionally into mobility, thereof 5 % (100 million Euro) into cycling. No...

23 Oct, 2017

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