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...
National cycling strategies are a crucial, if not indispensable instrument in developing cycling across a country. Not only in some pockets such as in progressi...
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...
This policy brief is a first-of-its-kind analysis of financial investments in cycling projects made by EU Member States using EU Structural Funds. Our analysis...
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...
ECF fully supports the European Commission’s proposal to give cycling a much stronger role in the recast of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, publi...This document provides suggested amendments to the European Commission's recent proposal for the revision of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive. These sug...
ECF has released a new report, "The state of national cycling strategies in Europe (2021)," which provides an overview of national cycling strategies in 47 Euro...