Thanks to sustained advocacy action from the Federazione Italiana Ambiente e Bicicletta (FIAB), Italy has successfully capitalised on the extraordinary situatio...In 2020, Italy introduced new innovative methods for reorganising street space as part of its COVID-19 recovery strategy. Two specialised decrees reformed road laws to in...
Do public investments in sustainable mobility really bring about behaviour change? Can more dedicated infrastructure lead to increased levels of cycling? The re...A new study based on data from ECF’s COVID-19 cycling measures tracker shows that pop-up cycling infrastructure boosted cycling levels in European cities in the first mon...
In March, the Romanian Cyclists’ Federation (FBR) scored a big victory when the Romanian government decided to include substantial investments in cycling in its...The Romanian government has earmarked more than €120 million for EuroVelo and cycling infrastructure in its COVID-19 Recovery Plan following the advocacy of the Romanian...
“How much will it cost to build a network of cycle routes?” is a question frequently asked to the European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF). Recently even more so wit...The price tag on a cycle track can vary greatly from under €50,000 to over €10,000,000 per kilometre. Why is that? What elements influence the price tag on cycling infras...
A nation of cyclists? Denmark is known worldwide for its unique cycling culture and as a role model for countries aspiring to foster a cycling culture. Cycling...Klaus Bondam, CEO of the Danish Cyclists’ Federation, talks about Danish advocacy traditions, cross-partisan support for cycling in the Danish parliament and a cycling cu...
The Cycle-Friendly Employer Consortium launches a call for new members in non-represented countries to implement cycle-friendly employer standards on national l...
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...
Novi Sad, Serbia’s “cycling city”, is set to provide incentives for bicycle purchases, a first for the country. The landmark initiative follows successful advoc...
A new book explores how cities can transform their mobility systems and solve the issues created by classic, car-centric mobility policies through the integrati...
The deadline for the presentation of National Recovery and Resilience Plans (NRRP) is approaching fast. How do cycling investments feature in Member States’ dra...
A group of European cities and regions, including six major capitals, has called on their national governments to make sure that ongoing negotiations on Direct...
On International Women’s Day, March 8, we turn our gaze towards gender to highlight how creating cycling environments with women in mind contrib...