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Telling success stories of cities reducing congestion by walking and cycling at TRA2018  ECF brought FLOW to TRA2018, telling success stories that sho...

27 Apr, 2018

235 million. The number of inactive Europeans today. Inactivity has become a major challenge for individuals, and the European Union, over the past decades...

18 Apr, 2018

  Stop prioritising the car to tackle childhood obesity, governments and planners urged  UK governments need stop prioritising the car if they are ser...

10 Apr, 2018

It is no secret that cycling provides health benefits, but it is amazing how just riding a bike to work offers extraordinary advantages. The Velo-city 2018 prog...

09 Mar, 2018

The sixth edition of the Winter Cycling Congress, held this year February 8-11 in Moscow, was the largest-ever gathering devoted to year-round cycling. Organize...

22 Feb, 2018

Here’s a quick round up of items cycling around in the ECF health arena. The EU seeks your input on how to make cities healthier places to live with more walkin...

19 Feb, 2018

Led by the Sport and Citizenship think tank, TAFISA and ICSSPE, PACTE aims to sensitize municipalities, Europe-wide, on the crucial role they can play promoting...

29 Jan, 2018

A study led by researchers from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) has found that expanding designated cycling networks in cities could p...

18 Jan, 2018

A recent research by the University of the West of England found that a 20-minute increase in commute time is as bad as a 19 per cent pay cut for job satisfacti...

04 Dec, 2017

There is a huge opportunity to promote a greater culture of walking and cycling. We reported in July about a brilliant initiative by Healthy Stadia, World Heart...

03 Oct, 2017

UPDATE 22/09/17: ECF was pleased to be given the opportunity to comment on the WHO Draft Global Action Plan on Physical Activity (GAPPA). The ECF submission ca...

07 Aug, 2017

New approach to promoting physical activity moves cycling and walking to head of the pack. WHO launched a process developing a new Global Action Plan for t...

25 Jul, 2017

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