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A new law amendment in Slovakia makes possible from 1st January 2017 to ride a bicycle with a blood alcohol concentration up to 0.5 per thousand, i.e. 0.24...

30 Jan, 2017

The European Commission (EC) has released its long awaited report on safety testing procedures for all new motor vehicles. These are new regulations that could...

23 Jan, 2017

Should the EU embrace a target of doubling cycling over the next 10 years in Europe? And should therefore at least 10% of the EU transport funds be ring-fenced...

21 Nov, 2016

A detailed report on non-motorized transport (NMT) which includes walking and cycling was released in September 2016 by UNEP (United Nations Environment Program...

28 Oct, 2016

Breakthrough for "Radlobby", the Austrian member of ECF, and their campaign "Abstand macht sicher" (Distance for safety): "Radlobby" won a one-year court fight...

07 Oct, 2016

The Commission today released [1] the road safety figures for 2015. In 2015 26,000 were killed in road accidents in the EU compared to 25,700 the previous year....

31 Mar, 2016

New research from Theo Zeegers in the Netherlands seems to have thrown the cat amongst the pigeons with regards to bicycle helmet research. A Dutch cycling rese...

26 Oct, 2015

The European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) has learnt that the Commission may be withdrawing plans for an EU-wide strategic target for reducing serious...

10 Jun, 2015

Credit: Las Palmas en Bici   This article is also available in English here.  El pasado 4 de Octubre, el Consejo de Ministros aprobó una serie de modificacion...

29 Oct, 2013

Credit: Las Palmas en Bici   Text in Spanish: 20 children are run over per year. Would you feel safer if your child wore a helmet? The danger for children are...

29 Oct, 2013

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