Cycling as a strategic priority 2023 will be remembered as the year cycling was elevated to a strategic priority in Europe, with major breakthroughs such as the...By Jill Warren and Mike Brennan. 2023: the year cycling was elevated to a strategic priority in Europe, as ECF’s work took cycling to brand new heights and pave...
More than four-fifths of International Transport Forum (ITF) countries boast walking policies and 41% have a related strategy, while 45% have a cycling pol...New PATH report reveals ITF member countries are increasing their commitment to walking and cycling policies and strategies but more needs to be done to really connect th...
Velo-city 2023's host city, Leipzig, is one of Europe's greenest and most forward-thinking cities, making it an ideal place to share knowledge, showcase innovat...Leipzig made Velo-city history this week with over 1,500 attendees at the world cycling summit, who participated in a programme of over 80 sessions, with o...
The Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN) of the European Parliament adopted today, 13 April 2023, its report on the new TEN-T guidelines. The final wo...In its new report on the Trans-European transport network (TEN-T), the European Parliament's Transport Committee has said that major EU transport investments sh...
On Thursday 9 March 2023, at the Cycling Industries Europe Summit in Brussels, European Commission Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans, announced that the...European Commission Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans announces ambitious plans for cycling in 2023, including the creation of an interinstitutional...
The European Parliament’s Resolution on developing an EU Cycling Strategy tasks the European Commission with doubling the number of kilometres cycled in Europe...The European Parliament has passed a historic resolution calling for the European Commission to develop a European cycling strategy with the aim of doubling the number of...
The European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF) is delighted to announce that the 2025 edition of Velo-city, its flagship world cycling summit, will be hosted in Gdańsk...The City of Gdańsk, Poland wins bid to host the world cycling summit. This is first time Velo-city will be held in Poland, with the conference set to take place...
Key progress was made on the development of an EU cycling strategy with the European Parliament’s Transport and Tourism Committee (TRAN) voting to adopt a resol...MEPs in the European Parliament's Transport and Tourism Committee have voted to adopt a resolution on developing an EU cycling strategy. The resolution calls for a d...
In 2022 we began to move beyond a world dominated by COVID-19. The shocking invasion of Ukraine with its human tragedies and economic toll, the need to accelera...A new global coalition and campaign, a more prominent role for cycling in European and national policies, progress towards an EU Cycling Strategy and cycling’s essential...
Over 400 organisations from 73 countries signed the PATH (Partnership for Active Travel and Health) open letter calling on government and city leaders to invest...Despite active travel and transport remaining a low priority on the agenda, over 400 organisations from 73 countries signed the Partnership for Active Trav...
Amidst record breaking heatwaves, and mounting pressure to address transportation issues. We have been working hard to convince EU decision-makers of the need...ECF has been spending recent weeks pushing for cycling to play a greater role in Europe. The bicycle’s link to European transport policy and the flagship TEN-T network ha...