A bicycle-friendly workplace is great for companies and their employees. Cycling can contribute to the success of a business or organisation and supporting empl...
200 years ago, in 1817, Karl von Drais built the first “running machine”, the predecessor of the modern bicycle, in the city of Mannheim (Germany). To celebrate...
On the 30th of January 2017, Shimano Europe opened its new headquarters in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. This multinational producer of cycling components is one...
Every year, cycling in 28 EU Member States (MSs) creates economic benefits of 513 billion €, that is more than 1000€ per inhabitant! These findings were calcula...
Liveable cities are economically successful, and cyclists are good customers – more and more local businesses in Europe understand this link and work together w...
The report, which will be published in full later this year, is an updated version of an earlier study from 2014. It bases its estimates on data collected from...From 8 to 10 June, environment ministers and state secretaries from the pan-European region, including Russia and Central Asia, met in Batumi, Georgia, to discuss the way...
Russia and several CIS countries held an International Congress on Cycling. The event gathered delegates from the greatest cycling countries, to share their exp...
Tourism is the third biggest industry in the EU and one of the driving forces of the European economy. It creates jobs, regional development and growth. Sustain...
On 27 September, Ségolène Royal, the French Minister for the Environment, confirmed in a radio interview that a kilometric reimbursement scheme for employees cy...
WHO/Europe, UNECE & UNEP are collecting data to highlight the job creation potential of cycling. It is a project under the Transport Health and Environment...
Photo: J. Freire For the first time the Spanish government has launched subsidies to buy electric bicycles as a way to improve air quality. Spain is a count...
For the first time since records began, Spaniards bought more bicycles than cars. Last year, 780.000 bicycles were sold vs. 700.000 cars in Spain. While the nu...