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...
Leading the transition Leipzig’s urban development is deeply intertwined with its unique history. Its citizens played a decisive role in German reunification, p...Leipzig’s history has been one of change and transition. From desolate urban brownfields to lively neighbourhoods, from open-cast coal mines to lakescapes, the German cit...
Friday 16 September marks the beginning of European Mobility Week, the European Commission’s flagship awareness-raising campaign for sustainable urban mobility....Car-free Sunday returns to Brussels on September 18, highlighting the incredible impact that reducing the amount of cars on city streets has on both air and noise polluti...
In August 2022, the Ministry of Sustainable Infrastructure and Mobility published the General Plan of urban and extra-urban cycling mobility 2022-2024. In line...Persistent efforts and coordination by ECF Member FIAB pay off with the adoption of a cycling plan at the national level. As outlined in our previous report, cohesive gov...
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...
Urban Laab takes second place at the European Cyclists’ Federation’s inaugural Hackathon, organised in association with the European Institute for Innovation an...
There are more than 210 million Europeans who are physically inactive, leading to annual healthcare cost of €80 billion, informed Laurent Thieule, President of...With ECF as a project partner, PACTE (Promoting Active Cities Throughout Europe) recently concluded with the hosting of a webinar where it launched its final, and most am...
Nine out of 10 citizens breath dirty air. Road transport remains a major source of air pollution that harms human health and the environment. To reduce the impa...
By the end of September, the yearly count of fatal road accidents reached 1,000,000 victims worldwide. Europe alone accounted for...
For the past decades, urban planning focused on crafting car-friendly cities. As a result, the number of inactive Europeans has risen to 235 million. The PACTE...
The #VisionaryCities Series is a collection of best practices and success stories from visionary local authority leaders contributing to making Cycling in Europ...
(Image Credit: Sport & Citizenship) PACTE project’s Active Education Workshop was held in Berlin on the 21-22 February 2019, bringing together a diverse gro...